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Chronic constipation is a very common disease in children. Successful treatment of constipation can be achieved not only with medication but also with lifestyle changes, including a proper diet. Diets...
Constipation is very common phenomenon during childhood that accounts approximately 3% of general pediatric outpatient visits and up to 25% of visit to the pediatric gastroenterologist. The diagnosis of functional...
Constipation is one of the most common gastrointestinal disorders with a prevalence up to 16.5% in the general population. It is frequently multifactorial and the pathophysiologic mechanism of constipation is...
Constipation is a common condition affecting approximately 16.5% of population in Korea. Evaluation of constipation should be done with a history and physical examination at first. In patients with alarm...
Sigmoid volvulus is uncommon in children. Chronic constipation rarely leads to sigmoid volvulus. We report the experience of a case of sigmoid volvulus led by chronic constipation in a child....
Constipation is a common symptom affecting approximately a quarter of population in Korea. To diagnose its etiology and to exclude the other organic or structural causes, many tests including digital...
Constipation is a common functional gastrointestinal symptom, the medical treatment of which is established. However, knowledge of diet and nutritional management for constipation is lacking. Based on current studies, fiber...
Constipation is a common gastrointestinal disease affecting approximately 14% of the world population. Characteristics of Korean patients with constipation who visited a tertiary referral center may be different from those...
Constipation is a common gastrointestinal disease affecting approximately 16.5% of the population in Korea. Systemic diseases such as hypothyroidism or colon cancer and drugs can cause constipation in some patients...
PURPOSE: Many patients presenting with headache also complain of constipation; the relationship between these two symptoms has not been explored in detail. The aim of this study was to investigate...
Constipation is a common symptom affecting 2-27% of general population in Western countries. According to a population-based study on bowel habits in a Korean community, the prevalence was 16.5% for...