II. Causes: Functional
- See Constipation due to Functional Causes
- Anxiety Disorder
- Major Depression
- Sedentary
- Low fiber diet
- Dehydration
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- Pregnancy
III. Causes: Intrinsic Colon Disease
- Stenosis
- Colonic stricture
- Volvulus
- Hernia
- Colonic Tumors with obstruction
- Ischemic Colitis
- Diverticulitis
- Endometriosis
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
IV. Causes: Disorders of the anus and Rectum
- Rectocele
- Enterocele
- Intussusception
- Descending perineum syndrome
- Idiopathic Megarectum
V. Causes: Neurologic and Neuromuscular
- Scleroderma
- Amyloidosis
- Cerebrovascular Accident
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Parkinson's Disease
- Hirschsprung's Disease (children)
- Meningocele
- Spinal cord tumor or injury
- Myotonic Dystrophy
- Diverticulosis
- Intestinal pseudo-obstruction
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Autonomic Neuropathy
- Dementia
VI. Causes: Metabolic and Endocrine Disorders
VII. Causes: Medications
VIII. References
- Cheskin in Barker (1995) Ambulatory Med, p. 476-81
- Friedman (1991) Medical Diagnosis, p. 192-4
- Borum (2001) Prim Care 28(3):577-90 [PubMed]
- Wald (2000) Med Clin North Am 84(5):1231-46 [PubMed]
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Definition (CCC) | Impression of infrequent or difficult passage of hard, dry feces without cause |
Definition (CCC) | Difficult passage of hard, dry, feces |
Definition (MEDLINEPLUS) |
Constipation means that a person has three or fewer bowel movements in a week. The stool can be hard and dry. Sometimes it is painful to pass. At one time or another, almost everyone gets constipated. In most cases, it lasts a short time and is not serious. There are many things you can do to prevent constipation. They include
It's not important that you have a bowel movement every day. If your bowel habits change, however, check with your doctor. NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases |
Definition (NCI) | Irregular and infrequent or difficult evacuation of the bowels. |
Definition (NCI_CTCAE) | A disorder characterized by irregular and infrequent or difficult evacuation of the bowels. |
Definition (NCI_NCI-GLOSS) | A condition in which stool becomes hard, dry, and difficult to pass, and bowel movements don't happen very often. Other symptoms may include painful bowel movements, and feeling bloated, uncomfortable, and sluggish. |
Definition (NAN) | Self-diagnosis of constipation and abuse of laxatives, enemas, and suppositories to ensure a daily bowel movement |
Definition (NAN) | Decrease in normal frequency of defecation accompanied by difficult or incomplete passage of stool and/or passage of excessively hard, dry stool |
Definition (CSP) | condition in which bowel movements are infrequent or incomplete. |
Definition (MSH) | Infrequent or difficult evacuation of FECES. These symptoms are associated with a variety of causes, including low DIETARY FIBER intake, emotional or nervous disturbances, systemic and structural disorders, drug-induced aggravation, and infections. |
Concepts | Sign or Symptom (T184) |
MSH | D003248 |
ICD9 | 564.00, 564.0 |
ICD10 | K59.0 , K59.00 |
SnomedCT | 162080004, 363693003, 162083002, 197123003, 139356000, 139359007, 139358004, 162082007, 14760008, 129585003 |
LNC | MTHU013416, MTHU013456, MTHU020768 |
French | CONSTIPATION, Constipation |
Portuguese | Constipação Intestinal, OBSTIPACAO, Obstipação, Prisão de Ventre |
Swedish | Förstoppning |
Japanese | ベンピ, 便秘症, 便秘 |
Czech | obstipace, zácpa, Zácpa |
Spanish | constipación subjetiva, constipación, SAI (trastorno), ESTRENIMIENTO, constipación, SAI, estreñimiento, SAI (hallazgo), estreñimiento, SAI, estreñimiento, SAI (trastorno), dificultad para evacuar el intestino, constipación (hallazgo), constipación, SAI (hallazgo), Constipation NOS, Constipación de Vientre, constipación, estreñimiento (trastorno), estreñimiento subjetivo (trastorno), estreñimiento subjetivo, estreñimiento, Estreñimiento |
Finnish | Ummetus |
Russian | ZAPORY, ЗАПОРЫ |
English | constipation (diagnosis), constipation, constipation (symptom), Constipation NOS, Constipation, unspecified, Constipation [Disease/Finding], rndx unspecified constipation (diagnosis), rndx perceived constipation, rndx unspecified constipation, rndx perceived constipation (diagnosis), constipating, constipated, constipate, difficulty defecating, Constipation symptom, Constipation (& symptom), Constipation (& symptom) (finding), Constipation NOS (finding), Constipation (finding), Costive symptom, Constipation NOS (disorder), Unspecified constipation, CONSTIPATION, Perceived Constipation, Unspecified Constipation, Perceived constipation, Constipation (disorder), Costiveness, Perceived constipation (disorder), Difficult passing motion, Difficulty defaecating, Difficulty defecating, Difficulty opening bowels, Difficulty passing stool, CN - Constipation, Constipated, PERCEIVED CONSTIPATION, fecal; retention, retention; fecal, Constipation |
German | VERSTOPFUNG, Obstipation, Verstopfung |
Korean | 변비 |
Italian | Costipazione, Stipsi |
Croatian | KONSTIPACIJA |
Polish | Zaparcie |
Hungarian | Obstipatio |
Norwegian | Forstoppelse, Treg mage, Hard avføring, Obstipasjon |
Dutch | faeces; retentie, retentie; faeces, constipatie, Obstipatie, Constipatie |