Chronic constipation is one of the most common functional gastrointestinal disorders, with an estimated prevalence in North America of 2–27%. 1 Women, nonwhite people and elderly individuals are ...

When it becomes more chronic ... if the constipation becomes more severe, we start to look at various types of treatments. The kinds of things that we've used could be PEG solution, which ...

Chronic inflammation often flies under the radar, subtly damaging the body over time. Unlike acute inflammation, which helps ...

Thyroid hormone resistance is associated with chronic constipation, according to study findings published in the Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology. Hypothyroidism has been associated with ...

Chronic constipation is the prototype of functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGID) and a condition frequently encountered in clinical practice, both in specialty office (e.g., gastroenterology ...

Additional causes include anal fissure, chronic kidney failure ... and MRI defecography. Solutions for Constipation ...

US researchers have characterized different chronic constipation phenotypes by using a barostat manometric assembly inserted into the colon. “Chronic constipation is a common problem and the ...