Reminder for patients with constipation

Abstract

Constipation is slow, difficult or systematically insufficient defecation (bowel emptying). Constipation is a serious medical and social problem. In developed countries, 30 to 50 % of the working population and 5 to 20 % of children suffer from constipation to some extent. In the elderly, constipation occurs 5 times more often than in young people.