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Constipation is………..;
Mass media »interruption in the GOOD LIFE »
• Decrease in the frequency of fecal elimination
(3 t daily to 3t week)
• It results from abnormally slow movement of feces through the
colon with a resultant accumulation in the descending colon
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Myth
Bowel Regularity: Bowel regularity
means a bowel movement every
day.
False - The frequency of bowel
movements among normal, healthy
people varies from three a day to three
a week, and some perfectly healthy
people fall outside both ends of this
range. Nevertheless, even three bowel
movements a day can be abnormal in
someone who usually has one bowel
movement a day
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