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    Constipation is defined as having fewer than three bowel movements per week, and can be caused by slow movement through the colon, medications, poor diet or habits, diseases affecting the colon, or hormonal disorders. Signs include abdominal discomfort, infrequent or difficult bowel movements, and rectal bleeding. Treatments include increasing fiber and water intake, exercise, herbal remedies, laxatives, biofeedback, and in severe cases, surgery. Prevention focuses on proper hydration, fiber consumption, exercise, stress reduction, and responding promptly to the urge to have a bowel movement.

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    Constipation is defined as having fewer than three bowel movements per week, and can be caused by slow movement through the colon, medications, poor diet or habits, diseases affecting the colon, or hormonal disorders. Signs include abdominal discomfort, infrequent or difficult bowel movements, and rectal bleeding. Treatments include increasing fiber and water intake, exercise, herbal remedies, laxatives, biofeedback, and in severe cases, surgery. Prevention focuses on proper hydration, fiber consumption, exercise, stress reduction, and responding promptly to the urge to have a bowel movement.

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    CONSTIPATION

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    Constipation is defined as having fewer than three bowel movements per week, and can be caused by slow movement through the colon, medications, poor diet or habits, diseases affecting the colon, or hormonal disorders. Signs include abdominal discomfort, infrequent or difficult bowel movements, and rectal bleeding. Treatments include increasing fiber and water intake, exercise, herbal remedies, laxatives, biofeedback, and in severe cases, surgery. Prevention focuses on proper hydration, fiber consumption, exercise, stress reduction, and responding promptly to the urge to have a bowel movement.

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    CONSTIPATION

    PRESENTED BY: TABLES 1 & 2


    Constipation
    Constipation is defined medically as fewer than
    stools per week and severe constipation as less
    than one stool per week.
    01
    CAUSES
    CAUSES
    SLOW MOVEMENT OF STOOL THROUGH THE COLON
    MEDICATIONS
    POOR BOWEL HABITS
    LOW FIBER DIETS
    ABUSE OF LAXATIVES
    DISEASES THAT AFFECT THE COLON
    HORMONAL DISORDER
    02
    SIGNS &
    SYMPTOMS
    SIGNS & SYMPTOMS
    (MANIFESTATIONS)

    Lower abdominal discomfort


    Infrequent bowel movements
    Straining to have bowel movement
    Hard or small stools
    Rectal bleeding and/or anal fissures
    caused by hard stools
    Physiological stress and/or obsession
    with having bowel movements
    03
    TREATMENTS
    TREATMENTS
    Dietary fibers
    Non-stimulant laxatives
    Stimulant laxatives
    Enemas
    Suppositories
    Biofeedback
    Training
    Surgery
    Herbal laxatives
    PLEASE NOTE
    Herbal laxatives should be used only as
    a last resort, as they may permanently
    damage the colon, and possibly worsen
    the constipation.
    04
    PREVENTION
    PREVENTION
    Drink proper amounts of water (six to
    eight glasses)
    Sufficient fiber, by eating fruits,
    vegetables, and grains
    Exercise regularly
    Reduce stress
    Respond immediately to the call of nature
    ADDITIONAL INFO!
    Constipation arises in the colon, also known as the large
    intestine. This muscular organ is split into four sections:
    the ascending, transverse, descending, and sigmoid
    colon, which connects with the rectum and anus. The
    small intestine delivers stool consisting of ingested
    food, bile, and digestive juices to the large intestine.
    When you’re on the toilet, you should
    As this stool moves through the colon, the organ ideally be in a squatting position. With
    siphons off most of the water it contains, transforming your buttocks firmly on the toilet seat,
    it from liquid to solid. The longer this transmission you can elevate your feet on a stool and
    takes, the more reabsorption occurs, resulting in the lean forwards with a straight back, which
    increasingly solid stool. Once it reaches the sigmoid straightens the anorectal angle and eases
    colon, a final bout of reabsorption occurs before it the passage of waste.
    enters the rectum, distending its walls and telling the
    internal anal sphincter to relax.
    BRISTOL STOOL
    CHART
    SEVERE CONSTIPATION MILD CONSTIPATION NORMAL NORMAL

    LACKING FIBRE MILD DIARRHEA SEVERE DIARRHEA


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    HAVE A GREAT DAY AHEAD!

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