Constipation may be defined as difficulty in achieving, or infrequent occurrence of, bowel movements. While normal bowel movements vary greatly from one person to the next, when a person's movement is painful or impossible, we say that the person is constipated.
Occasionally constipation is so severe that a sufferer's bowel ruptures, requiring surgery and possibly resulting in death. Constipation has many causes including diet, lack of physical activity, dehydration and the ingestion of certain
medicines.
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- Dilantin / Phenytoin Sodium
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- East Broad Street Elementary School - Savannah, Georgia
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- Geneva Steel - Vineyard, Utah
- Landia Chemical Company: Overview
- Lead & Lead-Based Paint
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- Lexington Manor Lead Site - Hamilton, Ohio
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- Lotronex / Alosetron Hydrochloride
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- Mexican Candy
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- Onondaga County - New York
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- Reglan / Metoclopramide
- Remeron / Mirtazapine
- Risperdal / Risperidone
- Roxanol / Morphine Sulfate
- Seroquel / Quetiapine Fumarate
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- Spring Valley: Overview
- Sydney Tar Ponds: Overview
- Tegretol / Carbamazepine
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- Vicodin / Acetaminophen & Hydrocodone Bitartrate