Constipation is one of the most common complaints in the general population, with a wide variety of causes. We present the case of a man with a four-week history of constipation who developed signs and symptoms of acute cholecystitis. Computed tomography scan of the abdomen revealed emphysematous cholecystitis and pericholecystic inflammatory changes extending to the adjacent colon. Emergent ch...

BACKGROUND Trans-anal irrigation (TAI) is used widely to treat bowel dysfunction, although evidence for its use in adult chronic functional constipation remains unclear. Long-term outcome data are lacking, and the effectiveness of therapy in this patient group is not definitively known. METHODS Evidence for effectiveness and safety was reviewed and the quality of studies was assessed. Primary...

A fecaloma refers to a mass of accumulated feces that is much harder than a mass associated with fecal impaction. Fecalomas are usually found in the rectosigmoid area. A 10-year-old male with chronic constipation was admitted because of increasing abdominal pain. An abdominal computed tomography scan and a simple abdominal x-ray revealed rapidly evolving mechanical obstruction in the small inte...

The second part of the Consensus Statement of the Italian Association of Hospital Gastroenterologists and Italian Society of Colo-Rectal Surgery reports on the treatment of chronic constipation and obstructed defecation. There is no evidence that increasing fluid intake and physical activity can relieve the symptoms of chronic constipation. Patients with normal-transit constipation should incre...

BACKGROUND Children with chronic intractable constipation experience severe and long-lasting symptoms, which respond poorly to conventional therapeutic strategies. Detailed characterization of colonic motor patterns in such children has not yet been obtained. METHODS In 18 children with chronic intractable constipation, a high-resolution water-perfused manometry catheter (36 sensors at 1.5-cm...

Chronic constipation is a common condition that significantly impacts health care utilization, productivity, and quality of life. Laxatives are commonly used, although often insufficient in restoring normal bowel function or providing adequate relief. There remains a significant need for the development of novel agents to optimize treatment of this condition. This review provides an overview of...

The Hypoganglinosis is a rare and resembles Hirschsprung’s disease in the male-to-female ratio, etiology and clinical presentation. Although chronic constipation is a common complaint in general population, the patients with constipation can accompany with fatal complication if the patient with megacolon which is related with hypoganglinosis. Up to 90.5% of patients with Hirschsprung’s disease ...

Dimson, S. B. (1970). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 45, 232. Carmine as an index of transit time in children with simple constipation. The transit time of carmine through the alimentary canal has been estimated in 65 children with simple chronic constipation but without abdominal pain or faecal incontinence. Comparison was made with matched normal controls and as a result criteria have been...

background : chronic constipation is a common problem worldwide that negatively impacts quality of life. because of the effects of psychological and cultural factors on the function of the bowel tract and the vast variety of ethnicities and diet among the iranian people, the present study describes the occurrence of constipation and its associated factors in kerman, the largest city in southeas...

a reputation as a classic on children's diseases, and is so complete that it is often looked upon as a handbook. The author in his preface discourages this idea, and wishes the book to remain simply as a series of discourses on certain aspects of paediatrics. The lectures do not of course remain in their original form but are rewritten and brought up to date with each edition. In this edition t...