Constipation classification

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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 gastrointestinal, neurologic, metabolic, endocrine, psychiatric, drug-induced, and idiopathic.

Classification

Constipation may be classified according to etiology into five subtypes:

• Lesions of gut
• Neurologic
• Metabolic
• Endocrine
• Psychiatric

Constipation classification

Etiology

Neurologic

Metabolic

Endocrine

Gut lesions

Psychiatric

Drugs

Idiopathic

Obstruction

Aganglionosis

Idiopathic megacolon

Hirschprung disease

Chagas disease

•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