Causes

Question 1

Causes of constipation?

Answer 1

1. Irregular bowel habits and ignoring urge to defecate
2. Chronic illness (parkinson, multiple sclerosis, RA, chronic bowel disease, depression, eating disorder
3. Low fiber diet high in meat and carbs; low fluid intake
4. Stress
5. Lack of exercise
6. Medications, opiates
7. Changes in life routine, aging, pregnancy, travel
8. Neurological conditions that block nerve impulses to colon (stroke, spinal cord injury, tumor)
9. Chronic bowel dysfunction (colonic inertia, irritable bowel

Question 2

Causes of diarrhea

Answer 2

Antibiotics, C. Difficile, surgeries of low GI tract