Temporary constipation

Introduction Temporary constipation may be caused by changes in the living environment such as travel, moving, or constipation caused by mental stress and trouble, or due to insufficient food intake and insufficient bowel movements in the stomach or colon.

Cause

The cause of temporary constipation:

Because of changes in the living environment such as travel, moving, or constipation caused by mental stress and trouble, or due to a decrease in food intake, the bowel movement of the stomach or colon is not sufficiently reflected.

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Inspection and diagnosis of temporary constipation:

Diagnosis can be made based on clinical manifestations.

Differential diagnosis

Identification of symptoms that are easily confused with constipation:

1, bowel habits change: stool time changes, stool is irregular.

2, abnormal stool discharge process: abnormal stool discharge process (urgency, defecation, and effort) is one of the clinical diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome. Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a type of gastrointestinal function that is associated with chronic or recurrent abdominal pain, diarrhea, bowel habits, and abnormal bowel traits, and lacks gastrointestinal structural or biochemical abnormalities. The syndrome is often associated with other functional diseases of the gastrointestinal tract such as gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and functional dyspepsia (FD).

3, secondary constipation: Any constipation on the basis of organic diseases or diseases, known as secondary constipation, also known as symptomatic constipation.

4, primary constipation: primary constipation refers to constipation caused by the absence of organic diseases.

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