The following are the most important diseases or complications that may be contributed to by constipation (constipation):
Cardiovascular system (I00-I99)
- Hemorrhoids
Mouth, esophagus (food pipe), stomach and intestines (K00-K67; K90-K93).
- Anal fissures – tears in the mucosa of the anus (anus).
- Intestinal bleeding
- Intestinal ulcers (intestinal ulcers)
- Diarrhea (diarrhea)
- Diverticulosis
- Ileus (intestinal obstruction)
- Coprostasis (fecal impaction)
- Perineal descent – connective tissue weakness of the perineum.
Symptoms and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99).
- Ischuria (urinary retention; inability to pass urine).
- Fecal incontinence – inability to hold stool.
