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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]
- Lesions of gut
- Neurologic
- Metabolic
- Endocrine
- Psychiatric
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||