Constipation
What is Constipation?
Constipation is a common problem experienced by many people in which bowel movements occur less often than usual. The stool is often hard and dry with a sense of incomplete emptying after a bowel movement.
🩺 How to Diagnose Constipation?
- The doctor will ask for your medical history which includes duration of symptoms, frequency of bowel movements, consistency of stools, presence of blood in the stool, eating and toilet habits, medication & level of physical activity or exercise.
- Routine tests: Blood, urine, and stool tests.
- Colonoscopy: Allows your doctor to examine the entire colon with a flexible, camera-equipped tube.
- Sigmoidoscopy: Helps detect problems in the rectum and lower colon.
- Barium enema X-ray: Helps view the rectum, colon, and lower part of the small intestine to locate any problems.
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