Constipation Causes

Aka: Constipation Causes, Constipation Causes in Adults

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II. Causes: Functional

  1. See Constipation due to Functional Causes
  2. Anxiety Disorder
  3. Major Depression
  4. Sedentary
  5. Low fiber diet
  6. Dehydration
  7. Irritable Bowel Syndrome
  8. Pregnancy

III. Causes: Intrinsic Colon Disease

  1. Stenosis
  2. Colonic stricture
  3. Volvulus
  4. Hernia
  5. Colonic Tumors with obstruction
  6. Ischemic Colitis
  7. Diverticulitis
  8. Endometriosis
  9. Inflammatory Bowel Disease

IV. Causes: Disorders of the anus and Rectum

  1. Rectocele
  2. Enterocele
  3. Intussusception
  4. Descending perineum syndrome
  5. Idiopathic Megarectum

V. Causes: Neurologic and Neuromuscular

  1. Scleroderma
  2. Amyloidosis
  3. Cerebrovascular Accident
  4. Multiple Sclerosis
  5. Parkinson's Disease
  6. Hirschsprung's Disease (children)
  7. Meningocele
  8. Spinal cord tumor or injury
  9. Myotonic Dystrophy
  10. Diverticulosis
  11. Intestinal pseudo-obstruction
  12. Traumatic Brain Injury
  13. Autonomic Neuropathy
  14. Dementia

VI. Causes: Metabolic and Endocrine Disorders

  1. Hypothyroidism
  2. Diabetes Mellitus
  3. Hypokalemia
  4. Hyperparathyroidism
  5. Hypercalcemia
  6. Hypomagnesemia
  7. Uremia
  8. Anorexia Nervosa

VII. Causes: Medications

  1. See Medication Causes of Constipation

VIII. References

  1. Cheskin in Barker (1995) Ambulatory Med, p. 476-81
  2. Friedman (1991) Medical Diagnosis, p. 192-4
  3. Borum (2001) Prim Care 28(3):577-90 [PubMed]
  4. Wald (2000) Med Clin North Am 84(5):1231-46 [PubMed]

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