Talk:Constipation

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Surgical intervention Readability

The surgical intervention section needs work to increase readability Mgiulietti (talk) 17:09, 8 May 2017 (UTC)

Removed redundant information

Perseuspatel added information in March 2017 about the Rome process criteria for diagnosing children. The information is good but the user added the same list twice; obviously it should only be in once. I just removed one list. Blue Rasberry (talk) 14:44, 6 July 2017 (UTC)

History of constipation

I just added a history section per WP:MEDMOS. In it I posted two books which address the history of constipation. I have not read either of these books, and only found excerpts online.

• Whorton, James C. (2000). Inner hygiene : constipation and the pursuit of health in modern society. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195135817.
• Hornibrook, F. A. (1929). The culture of the abdomen;: The cure of obesity and constipation. Heinemann.

I did a pubmed search and was unable to find anything about history there. This is a start! Blue Rasberry (talk) 15:52, 6 July 2017 (UTC)

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[1] In the elderly, common causes include: insufficient dietary fiber intake, inadequate fluid intake, decreased physical activity, side effects of medications, hypothyroidism, and obstruction by colorectal cancer.

The ref says: "Discussion and conclusion. A search of the recent literature revealed that there is a paucity of evidenced-based publications that address the etiologic factors of chronic constipation. Much of what has been popularized in the past, and even to the present, may be based primarily on myths handed down from one generation to the next [3, 8]. In the absence of well-designed studies, there does not appear to be sufficient evidence-based information to implicate insufficient dietary fiber intake, inadequate fluid intake, reduced physical activity, side effects of drugs, hypothyroidism, sex hormones, or cancer obstruction as a major etiologic factor in the development of chronic constipation."

Best regards. --BallenaBlanca (Talk) 22:40, 10 July 2017 (UTC)

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