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When ….is considered constipated?
FDA monograph definition!
Infrequent bowel movements
(typically 3 times or fewer / week)
Feeling of Straining to have
incomplete bowel A stool
evacuation (difficulty during
defecation)
The passage of hard, dry stool
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Signs and symptoms
• Fewer than three • Abdominal discomfort and
spontaneous movement bloating
bowel per week
• Incomplete defecation
• Straining in defecation
attempts • Decreased appetite
• Lumpy or hard stool • Low back pain
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