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Constipation Symptoms
Constipation occur when we are not opening our bowel as frequently as we normally would, or passing very hard, difficult to pass faeces.
Constipation symptoms include those just mentioned, as well as feeling bloated sometimes. If you have not opened your bowel for more than three days in a week, you are constipated too.
Other symptoms includes abdominal pain, straining very hard to expel faeces, feeling the pressure of faeces load in the rectum, and for some women, they could develop pain in the lower tummy during intercourse if they are constipated.
Note that pelvic infection too can cause women to develop pain during intercourse. See your doctor for specific advice. Some people with constipation will loose appetite along side their abdominal pain and bloating. When constipation becomes chronic, it could lead to injury to the anus, causing bleeding.
Are There Test For Constipation?
There are no specific tests for constipation. As mentioned in the beginning, constipation is a symptom, not a disease in it self. So tests that can be done will help to identify what the cause of the constipation symptoms is.
Commonly, a plain X-ray is done. This could show faeces accumulation on the right or left part of the large bowel. When seen, doctors will decide if they will give a laxative or enema to flush it out. Barium enema and or sigmoidoscopy are other investigations that are done when one is found to have chronic trouble some constipation.
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