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==Chronic constipation== | ==Chronic constipation== | ||
:This section deals with ''chronic constipation'' that has no apparent cause. | |||
===General=== | ===General=== | ||
*This is occasionally an indication for [[colectomy]].<ref name=pmid21382578>{{Cite journal | last1 = Knowles | first1 = CH. | last2 = Farrugia | first2 = G. | title = Gastrointestinal neuromuscular pathology in chronic constipation. | journal = Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol | volume = 25 | issue = 1 | pages = 43-57 | month = Feb | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1016/j.bpg.2010.12.001 | PMID = 21382578 }} | *This is occasionally an indication for [[colectomy]].<ref name=pmid21382578>{{Cite journal | last1 = Knowles | first1 = CH. | last2 = Farrugia | first2 = G. | title = Gastrointestinal neuromuscular pathology in chronic constipation. | journal = Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol | volume = 25 | issue = 1 | pages = 43-57 | month = Feb | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1016/j.bpg.2010.12.001 | PMID = 21382578 }} | ||
</ref> | </ref> | ||
General differential diagnosis for constipation: | |||
*Tumour. | *Tumour. | ||
*Adhesions - due to previous surgery. | *Adhesions - due to previous surgery. | ||
*Neuropathy.<ref name=pmid21382578/> | *Neuropathy.<ref name=pmid21382578/> | ||
**[[Parkinson disease]]. | |||
*Congenital defect (Hirschsprung's disease). | *Congenital defect (Hirschsprung's disease). | ||
*Myopathy.<ref name=pmid21382578/> | *Myopathy.<ref name=pmid21382578/> | ||