Normal and Therapeutic Nutrition

Normal and Therapeutic Nutrition 3(2+1)

Lesson 21:Constipation- causes, complications

Introduction

Constipation is defined as having a bowel movement fewer than three times per week.

• Stools in constipation are usually hard, dry, small in size, and difficult to eliminate.
• Painful bowel movement and often experiencing strain during defecation, bloating, and sensation of a full bowel
• Coated tongue, foul breath and lack of appetite

Constipation is a condition resulting from insufficient frequency of defecation, deficient quantity of stool or production of abnormally hard and dry stools.