(n.) Act of crowding anything into a less compass, or the state of being crowded or pressed together; condensation.
(n.) A state of the bowels in which the evacuations are infrequent and difficult, or the intestines become filled with hardened faeces; costiveness.
Example Sentences:
(1) In conclusion, abdominal Marlex-mesh rectopexy can be recommended as safe and effective treatment for rectal prolapse, despite some patients developing constipation and some remaining incontinent.
(2) In an open, prospectively randomised, parallel group study, 124 patients with a history of constipation for more than three weeks were treated with either 15 ml bd of lactulose (increasing to 60 ml daily if necessary) or one sachet bd of ispaghula.
(3) In general patients with diarrhoea were more sensitive to stimuli than those with constipation.
(4) Pelvic floor location and mobility did not differ between controls and constipated patients.
(5) Chronic constipation is a very frequent disease in western countries but fibres can often solve the problem.
(6) Pancreatic polypeptide release was reduced in patients with slow transit constipation, but increased in those with functional diarrhoea.
(7) Our results showed that a lower percentage of normal subjects and a lower percentage of constipated patients were able to pass a 1.8 cm incompressible sphere compared with a 50 ml deformable balloon, although constipated patients found it more difficult than normal subjects to expel both types of simulated stool.
(8) Two kinds of radiopaque pellets were ingested as markers to determine GITT in 60 normal subjects, 7 patients with ulcerative colitis (UC), 10 patients with idiopathic constipation (IC) and 8 patients with other diseases.
(9) There was a history of facial edema and constipation, which have been managed with "Kanpo medicine (Chinese medicine)" and laxatives for several years.
(10) A 58-year-old man complained of dull left lower quadrant pain and constipation.
(11) The irritable colon syndrome comprises two predominant symptom patterns -- "spastic colon" with pain and constipation, and painless "nervous diarrhea".
(12) There seems no doubt that following rectopexy there is an increased tendency to constipation.
(13) The constipated group required a greater degree of rectal distension than control subjects to induce rectal contractions, anal relaxation and a desire to defaecate.
(14) The effect of Plantago ovata on patients with chronic constipation (CC) with or without irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) has been assessed by a double blind study comprising 20 patients with CC of which 10 had associated IBS.
(15) Certain forms of severe constipation, unresponsive to medical treatment and classified as "idiopathic", have been thought to be anatomical anomalies due to anterior-displacement of the anus.
(16) Those symptoms occurring more frequently in PD patients than in controls included abnormal salivation, dysphagia, nausea, constipation, and defecatory dysfunction.
(17) Transit time is shortened in patients with diarrhea, lengthened in patients with constipation.
(18) Patient beliefs that can block pain management include beliefs about self-concept and the aging process; the patient role; health professionals; pain; and consequences of treatment, including addiction, xerostomia, falls, constipation, and sexual and personality problems.
(19) By convention, people with simple constipation are not usually included in this group of patients.
(20) The incidence of systemic symptoms like fever and anorexia, alternating diarrhoea and constipation, peritoneal and lymph node involvements and associated pulmonary lesions were less frequently observed.
Diarrhea
Definition:
(n.) Alt. of Diarrhoea
Example Sentences:
(1) Estimates of potential for gastrointestinal side effects using the rat enteropooling assay and in vivo monkey effects indicate that diarrhea will be substantially reduced with retention of uterine stimulating potency.
(2) The results point out the importance of detecting specific virulence factors before incriminating water as a source of human diarrhea.
(3) Five control rabbits developed severe diarrhea within 72 h after inoculation with enterotoxigenic E. coli B16-4.
(4) Diarrhea and excretion of vibrios lasted longer in animals consuming less protein.
(5) However, this inhibition was not found in rats treated with castor oil for 3 d. Moreover, 5-HT concentration in the midbrain significantly decreased in rats that acquired the adaptability for the occurrence of diarrhea.
(6) Other toxicity was mild and included nausea and vomiting, diarrhea, mucositis, hepatic dysfunction, and cardiac arrhythmias.
(7) 1, diarrhea lowered the piglet's ability to maintain body temperature during the cold test.
(8) The dietary information on children with diarrhea came from focus groups with mothers in 3 marginal urban communities, 3 rural indigenous communities, and 4 rural Ladino communities.
(9) At the village level health care is provided at integrated service posts staffed by volunteers trained to treat common health problems with simple means such as treating diarrhea with oral rehydration.
(10) The geometric mean titers of anti-Shigella antibodies to virulence plasmid-associated antigens in milk received before infection were eightfold higher in infants who remained well than in those in whom diarrhea developed.
(11) Adverse reactions associated with ticlopidine included neutropenia (severe in one patient) with no clinical complications, diarrhea, or rash.
(12) Chronic rotavirus-related diarrhea, which persisted until death, had also developed in each child.
(13) Traditional dietary preparations for diarrhea such as carrot soup and products based on rice have essentially an absorbent power and do not diminish intestinal loss of water and electrolytes.
(14) Diarrhea commonly occurs following the administration of cisplatin.
(15) A 3-year-old Limousin cow was admitted to the University of Georgia Teaching Hospital with a history of chronic weight loss and diarrhea of more than 1 year's duration.
(16) He had no family history of myopathy, and no diarrhea and vomiting.
(17) Twelve days following discontinuation of the drug, the patient continued to experience diarrhea, restlessness, emotional lability, and anxiety.
(18) Cryptosporidium was eradicated from the stools of four patients but two of these patients subsequently relapsed and one patient continued to have diarrhea despite the absence of Cryptosporidium in the stool.
(19) The only identified risk factor in the development of diarrhea was increased age; clindamycin-associated diarrhea occurred in 18 (46%) of 39 patients greater than or equal to 60 years old.
(20) Other causes are malaria (21), undernutrition (12), meningitidis (10), diarrhea (9), pneumopathy (7), endogenous and obstetrical causes (24).