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Constipation Causes, Constipation Causes in Adults

  • See Also
  1. Constipation Causes in Children
  2. Constipation
  3. Constipation in Children
  4. Organic Constipation
  5. Constipation in Cancer
  6. Chronic Constipation
  7. Medication Causes of Constipation
  • Causes
  • Functional
  1. See Constipation due to Functional Causes
  2. Anxiety Disorder
  3. Major Depression
  4. Sedentary
  5. Low fiber diet
  6. Dehydration
  7. Irritable Bowel Syndrome
  8. Pregnancy
  • Causes
  • 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
  • Causes
  • Disorders of the anus and Rectum
  1. Rectocele
  2. Enterocele
  3. Intussusception
  4. Descending perineum syndrome
  5. Idiopathic Megarectum
  • Causes
  • Neurologic and 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
  12. Traumatic Brain Injury
  13. Autonomic Neuropathy
  14. Dementia
  • Causes
  • Metabolic and Endocrine Disorders
  1. Hypothyroidism
  2. Diabetes Mellitus
  3. Hypokalemia
  4. Hyperparathyroidism
  5. Hypercalcemia
  6. Hypomagnesemia
  7. Uremia
  8. Anorexia Nervosa
  • Causes
  • Medications
  1. See Medication Causes of Constipation
  • 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):577-90 [PubMed]
  4. Wald (2000) Med Clin North Am 84(5):1231-46 [PubMed]