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