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Constipation in Adults (cont.)

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Dr. Marc Basson received his undergraduate and medical education at the University of Michigan, surgical training at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, Downstate Medical Center, and St. Mary's Hospital, and then earned a PhD in Experimental Pathology at Yale University before becoming an Assistant and then Associate Professor of Surgery at Yale.

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Bhupinder Anand, MD

Constipation in Adults Follow-up

  • If the person has specific disorders such as hypothyroidism, scleroderma, and lupus, he or she may require regular follow-ups with a health care practitioner.

  • Elderly people with a history of fecal impaction and fecal incontinence should be followed regularly to ensure that they do not develop further attacks.

  • Young people with anorexia nervosa need a team of specialists to assess and follow the underlying illness, as well as to provide support and education.
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