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What is constipation? I am not getting exact meaning and definition of it? Help me in this regard doctor.
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passage of stool less than 3 times a week or less than 200 gms each time is constipation.
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Hi, Constipation means an implied chronic condition of infrequent and often difficult evacuation of faeces due to insufficient food or fluid intake or sluggish or disordered action of bowel musculature or nerve supply.
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