State in which an individual experiences a change of normal bowel habits, characterized by decreasing the frequency of defecation and / or removal of hard, dry stools.
Related factors:
– Insufficient intake of water and food.
– Decreased physical activity.
– Personal habits.
– Medication.
– Gastrointestinal obstructive lesions.
– Chronic use of laxatives.
– Pain with defecation.
– Lack of privacy.
– Pregnancy.
– Weak abdominal muscles.
– Emotional disorders.
Features:
– Frequency below the usual pattern.
– Hard stool.
– Mass palpable.
– Straining to defecate.
– Decreased bowel sounds.
Feeling of fullness or abdominal or rectal pressure.
– Number of stools less than usual.
– Nausea.
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