Skip to main content

Constipation

By

Constipation is a body phenomenon or a condition of body in which there occurs bowel movements less frequently than three times a week and stool is hard and difficult to pass.


Causes-

There are different diseases which can cause constipation. The main and important diseases or causes which can cause constipation are as follow-

1.      Dehydration.
2.      Acute intestinal obstruction.
3.      Acute appendicitis.
4.      Anal fissure.
5.      Decreased fiber intake in food.
6.      Side effects of some medicines.
7.      Irritable bowel syndrome.
8.      Diabetes mellitus.
9.      Haemorrhoids.
10.  Diverticulitis.
11.  Myopathic or neurologic diseases.


Investigations-

1.      TLC, DLC tests.
2.      Fasting blood glucose test.
3.      T3, TSH level tests.
4.      Serum calcium level test.
5.      Stool test.
6.      Sigmoidoscopy.
7.      Colonoscopy.

Do you know about- Acute Myocardial Infarction 

Achalasia of Oesophagus 

Labels:

Popular posts from this blog

Bazin’s Ulcer

By
These ulcers are associated with ‘erythrocyanosis frigida’, which is an exclusive disease of young women. These patients have thick ankles with abnormal amount of subcutaneous fat, combined with an abnormally poor arterial supply to the ankle skin.
Read more

Health Zone of Rice Bran Oil

By
"Rice bran oil" phrase, words are used very much these days. But, do you know why these words are used so much these days? These words, rice bran oil suddenly became popular because of health benefits which rice bran oil has. Yes, rice bran oil is a nutritious gift from oil category of nature.
Read more

8 Diseases that may affect you during Monsoon Season

By
Monsoon season is house of diseases. The reason being appropriate moisture of balance and warmth. This appropriate balance let’s development of disease causing micro-organisms to flourish. They are transmitted to humans through infected water and food. They are also transmitted to human blood through bite of disease causing vectors, like mosquitoes. Chikungunya, diarrhoea, cholera are diseases that affect people during monsoon season. Hepatitis A, Leptospirosis and influenza also affect people during monsoon. Like that there are around total 8 diseases that affect people during monsoon. Lets have a look on all of them in detail. Image Source - https://pixabay.com/en/virus-microscope-infection-illness-1812092/
Read more