Functional constipation

Functional constipation is a chronic disorder of gut-brain interaction affecting the gastrointestinal system across pediatric and adult populations It is characterized by difficult, infrequent, or painful defecation occurring in the absence of an underlying structural, mechanical, metabolic, or other organic cause Pathophysiologically, it involves multifactorial mechanisms such as delayed colonic transit, pelvic floor dyssynergia, rectal hyposensitivity, or withholding behaviors frequently trigg...

Functional constipation is a chronic disorder of gut-brain interaction affecting the gastrointestinal system across pediatric and adult populations Pathophysiologically, it involves multifactorial mechanisms such as delayed colonic transit, pelvic floor dyssynergia, rectal hyposensitivity, or withholding behaviors frequently triggered by past painful defecation Clinically, standard consensus criteria require persistent symptoms, including fewer than three spontaneous bowel movements per week, ex...

It is characterized by difficult, infrequent, or painful defecation occurring in the absence of an underlying structural, mechanical, metabolic, or other organic cause

Pathophysiologically, it involves multifactorial mechanisms such as delayed colonic transit, pelvic floor dyssynergia, rectal hyposensitivity, or withholding behaviors frequently triggered by past painful defecation Clinically, standard consensus criteria require persistent symptoms, including fewer than three spontaneous bowel movements per week, excessive straining, lumpy or hard stools, sensations of incomplete evacuation or anorectal obstruction, and in children, stool-withholding posturing ...

Pathophysiologically, it involves multifactorial mechanisms such as delayed colonic transit, pelvic floor dyssynergia, rectal hyposensitivity, or withholding behaviors frequently triggered by past painful defecation

Clinically, standard consensus criteria require persistent symptoms, including fewer than three spontaneous bowel movements per week, excessive straining, lumpy or hard stools, sensations of incomplete evacuation or anorectal obstruction, and in children, stool-withholding posturing or retentive fecal incontinence