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Constipation in Adults (cont.)

Constipation Symptoms

You may exhibit a broad range of symptoms of constipation depending on your normal bowel habits, diet, and age. These are common problems you may have if you are constipated:

  • Difficulty in starting or completing a bowel movement

  • Infrequent and difficult passage of stool

  • Passing hard stool after prolonged straining in the toilet

  • If you have irritable bowel syndrome, crampy abdominal pain, excessive gas, a sense of bloating, and a change in bowel habits

  • If you have intestinal obstruction, nausea, vomiting, no defecation, and inability to pass gas

  • Distended abdomen, headaches, and loss of appetite

  • Coated (furred) tongue, offensive breath, and bad taste in your mouth



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