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CONSTIPATION: Infrequent bowel movements or difficult passage of stools.
Persists for several weeks or longer.
Fewer than three bowel movements a week.
Chronic constipation can interfere with daily activities.
Excessive straining to try and have a bowel movements can lead to
further complications.
Signs and symptoms of chronic constipation:
Passing fewer than three stools a week
Having lumpy or hard stools
Straining to have bowel movements
Feeling as though there’s a blockage in your return that prevents
bowel movements
Feeling as though you can’t completely empty the stool from your
rectum
Needing help to empty your rectum such as using your hands to
press on your abdomen and using a finger to remove the stool from
your rectum
Constipation may be considered chronic if you’ve experienced for
the last 3 months
Constipation Recovery
Child holds in stool because of pain Thicker, stronger muscle that
works well
Stretched out nerves and muscle Nerves able to sense need to go
don’t work well
Soft stool may move around hard Sphincters able to prevent leaking
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