A healthy adult with severe rectal pain and constipation required endoscopic and operative evaluation after ingestion of ...

December 22, 2009 — Enemas and orally administered laxatives are equally effective in treating rectal fecal impaction (RFI) in functional childhood constipation, according to the results of a ...

Constipation in children is very common and although can be scary especially for first time patients is rarely a serious illness. Most constipation presents as abdominal pain without fever and can be ...

Stercoral colitis is an inflammatory/ischemic complication caused by severe fecal impaction that affects the microcirculation of the gut as a result of stool pressing on the bowel wall (distension).

Constipation is a common symptom for people with MS. A variety of lifestyle strategies, medications, and supportive treatments can help.