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Constipation CausesAka: Constipation Causes in Adults

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  1. See Also
    1. Constipation Causes in Children
    2. Constipation
    3. Constipation in Children
    4. Organic Constipation
    5. Constipation in Cancer
  2. Functional Causes
    1. See Constipation due to Functional Causes
    2. Anxiety
    3. Depression
  3. Intrinsic Colon Disease
    1. Stenosis
    2. Colonic stricture
    3. Volvulus
    4. Hernia
    5. Colonic Tumors with obstruction
    6. Ischemic Colitis
    7. Diverticulitis
    8. Endometriosis
    9. Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  4. Disorders of the anus and rectum
    1. Rectocele
    2. Enterocele
    3. Intussusception
    4. Descending perineum syndrome
    5. Idiopathic Megarectum
  5. Neuromuscular
    1. Scleroderma
    2. Amyloidosis
    3. Cerebrovascular Accident
    4. Multiple Sclerosis
    5. Parkinson's Disease
    6. Hirschsprung's Disease (children)
    7. Meningocele
    8. Spinal cord tumor or injury
    9. Myotonic dystrophy
    10. Diverticulosis
    11. Intestinal pseudo-obstruction
  6. Metabolic and Endocrine Disorders
    1. Hypothyroidism
    2. Diabetes Mellitus
    3. Hypokalemia
    4. Hyperparathyroidism
    5. Hypercalcemia
    6. Uremia
  7. Medications
    1. See Medication Causes of Constipation
  8. References
    1. Cheskin in Barker (1995) Ambulatory Med, p. 476-81
    2. Friedman (1991) Medical Diagnosis, p. 192-4
    3. Borum (2001) Prim Care 28(3):577
    4. Wald (2000) Med Clin North Am 84(5):1231

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