Published in:
01-11-2017 | Correspondence
Physiologic Management of Chronic Constipation: Let’s FEED It
Author:
Pankaj Garg
Published in:
Digestive Diseases and Sciences
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Issue 11/2017
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Excerpt
There are various treatment options available for chronic constipation (CC) [
1]. However, the long-term usage of these treatment options such as laxatives, serotonergic agents, and prosecretory agents can have significant side effects [
1]. Though there are several physiologic methods available to treat CC, they have never been used in combination. If these methods are used together, then a significant proportion of CC patients could perhaps be treated only by physiologic methods. The physiologic methods described to treat CC are increasing hip flexion while sitting on toilet commode [
2], taking fiber supplement properly and [
3] drinking more water [
4]. …