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Treatment of these functional causes can be focused on simply relieving the symptoms. [6] Studies have shown a link between diets low in dietary fibres and high in processed foods, such as fast food, and childhood constipation. [7] Certain medications such as antacids, anticholinergics and opiates are also known to cause constipation in ...
Functional constipation: This typically happens when kids hold back bowel movements or after they have a gastrointestinal infection. Many children with constipation have functional constipation ...
Constipation can cause discomfort for women, as they are still recovering from the delivery process especially if they have had a perineal tear or underwent an episiotomy. [65] Risk factors that increase the risk of constipation in this population include: [65] Damage to the levator ani muscles (pelvic floor muscles) during childbirth
One type of constipation which may occur in people with NBD is obstructed defecation. [10] NBD may reduce quality of life as it often leads to difficulties with personal relationships and social life, and may also reduce self-esteem and independence. [5] Fecal incontinence may increase the risk of depression and anxiety. [11] [non-primary ...
The cause of the remaining cases is unclear. [1] If otherwise normal parents have one child with the condition, the next child has a 4% risk of being affected. [2] The condition is divided into two main types, short-segment and long-segment, depending on how much of the bowel is affected. [1] Rarely, the small bowel may be affected, as well. [2]
Risk Factors for Stress. One review looked at risk factors among university students. It found that the following factors increase a person’s chances of experiencing stress, anxiety, and depression:
Obstructed defecation syndrome (abbreviated as ODS, with many synonymous terms) is a major cause of functional constipation (primary constipation), [19] of which it is considered a subtype. [20] It is characterized by difficult and/or incomplete emptying of the rectum with or without an actual reduction in the number of bowel movements per week ...
Risk factors include obesity, lengthy standing or sitting, constrictive clothing and constipation and bearing down with bowel movements. [ citation needed ] Striae gravidarum (stretch marks) – pregnancy-related stretch marks occur in 50% to 90% of women, [ 42 ] and are caused both by the skin stretching and by the effects of hormonal changes ...