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==Classification== | ==Classification== | ||
Constipation may be classified according to etiology into five subtypes:<ref name="pmid5705375">{{cite journal| author=Hinton JM, Lennard-Jones JE| title=Constipation: definition and classification. | journal=Postgrad Med J | year= 1968 | volume= 44 | issue= 515 | pages= 720-3 | pmid=5705375 | doi= | pmc=2466679 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=5705375 }}</ref> | Constipation may be classified according to etiology into five subtypes:<ref name="pmid5705375">{{cite journal| author=Hinton JM, Lennard-Jones JE| title=Constipation: definition and classification. | journal=Postgrad Med J | year= 1968 | volume= 44 | issue= 515 | pages= 720-3 | pmid=5705375 | doi= | pmc=2466679 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=5705375 }}</ref><ref name="pmid22114751">{{cite journal| author=Gray JR| title=What is chronic constipation? Definition and diagnosis. | journal=Can J Gastroenterol | year= 2011 | volume= 25 Suppl B | issue= | pages= 7B-10B | pmid=22114751 | doi= | pmc=3206562 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=22114751 }}</ref> | ||
* Lesions of [[gut]] | * Lesions of [[gut]] | ||
* [[Neurologic]] | * [[Neurologic]] | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Eiman Ghaffarpasand, M.D. [2]
Overview
Constipation may be classified according to etiology into seven subtypes include lesions of gut, neurologic, metabolic, endocrine, psychiatric, drugs, and idiopathic.
Classification
Constipation may be classified according to etiology into five subtypes:[1][2]
- Lesions of gut
- Neurologic
- Metabolic
- Endocrine
- Psychiatric
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| •Multiple sclerosis • Parkinson's disease • Spinal cord injury | •Hypercalcemia • Hypomagnesemia • Porphyria • Hypokalemia | • Hypothyroidism • Diabetes mellitus • Panhypopituitarism | • Depression • Eating disorder | • Analgesics • Anticholinergics • Cation-containing agents • Neuron targeting agents | • Normal colonic transit • Slow colonic transit • Dyssynergic defecation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||