chronic constipation
Ongoing bowel obstruction
Chronic constipation is persistent difficulty passing stool, typically lasting three months or longer.
Unlike occasional constipation from diet or travel, chronic constipation involves ongoing symptoms—infrequent bowel movements, straining, or incomplete evacuation.
She'd tried everything for her chronic constipation.
The condition often requires medical evaluation to identify underlying causes.
- enemasRectal fluid injections
- stoolBackless sitting furniture
- bowel movementFecal discharge from body
- bloatingSwollen, expanded state
- laxativesConstipation remedies
stool softeners · pain · megacolon · hemorrhoids · sedentary lifestyle · abdominal pain · gastroparesis · motility · irritable bowel syndrome · relief · peristalsis · rectum · pelvic floor · hypothyroidism · digestive · suppository · dietary fiber · prunes
- GI disordersCrohn's disease, gastroenteritis, IBS, GERD, ulcerative colitis
- colorectal disordershemorrhoids, colorectal cancer, colon cancer, rectal cancer, anal cancer
bowel movement frequency and ease
chronic constipationchronic diarrhea
Sustained loose bowel movements