Constipation
Defecation disorder characterised by insufficient or infrequent evacuations and/or feelings of incomplete rectal emptying.
Defecation disorder characterised by insufficient or infrequent evacuations and/or feelings of incomplete rectal emptying. More common in women and increases with age and under conditions of stress.
We can distinguish between acute or occasional constipation, a temporary phenomenon linked to various causes (e.g. surgery, a journey, acute diseases) that resolves itself in a short time and chronic constipation.
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