BACKGROUND Prevalence studies estimate that chronic constipation affects 12%-19% of Americans. This prevalence rate exceeds that of many highly publicized chronic conditions, including diabetes and asthma. Identifying the etiology of each patient's constipation is essential for determining treatment and management plans. The etiology of chronic constipation falls into 2 broad categories: primar...

BACKGROUND Real-life data on the economic burden of chronic idiopathic constipation are scarce. The objectives of this study were to assess hospitalization resource use and costs associated with chronic constipation and its complications in Belgium. METHODS This was a single country, retrospective study using the IMS Hospital Disease Database (2008), which comprises data on 34% of acute hospi...

Constipation is the most frequent bowel dysfunction with paramount affects on people’s quality of life and mental wellness; it has been estimated that about 30% of people in western countries are afflicted by constipation (1) with heavy aftermath on the health national system. Constipation can be a primary disorder or secondary to neurological, pharmacological, depression, endocrine diseases or...

conclusions there was no significant lower recurrence rate of constipation with peg and lactulose combination therapy over peg alone. therefore, changing treatment from lactulose plus peg to peg alone would result in better compliance of patients for long-term therapy and would be cost effective. results the response rate to treatment was 70% in group i and 87% in group ii (p value 0.003). recu...

Functional constipation is a common occurrence in the pediatric population. The link between fructose ingestion and constipation is obscure due to a lack of published data. In this article, we discuss the relationship of fructose tolerance and the development of constipation via a literature review and our single-center experience. A literature review of constipation and fructose ingestion was ...

Background The occult neurological disorders are an important cause of constipation in children. This study aimed to evaluate the spinal canal and lumbosacral by ultrasound in pediatric constipation to better identifying neurological causes of constipation. Materials and Methods In this case-control study, 100 children with constipation (age range 1 to 14 years) without previously known chronic...

constipation in children is a common health problem affecting 0.7% to 29.6% children across the world. exact etiology for developing symptoms is not clear in children and the majority is considered to have functional constipation. alteration of rectal and pelvic floor function through the brain-gut axis seems to play a crucial role in the etiology. the diagnosis is often a symptom-based clinica...

background: constipation is a common problemin elderly subjects. probiotics have been suggested to improve intestinal motility and to reduce fecal enzyme activity. in this study, the effect of lactobacillus acidophilus tablets on elderly subjects was compared with placebo.â  materials andmethods: elderly subjects (n = 48) with chief complaint of constipation were enrolled in a randomly double-b...