Constipation classification
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:[1][2]
| Constipation classification | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Etiology | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Neurologic | Metabolic | Endocrine | Gastrointestinal | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
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