What causes constipation? - Heba Shaheed
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Visiting the bathroom is part of the daily human experience. But occasionally, constipation strikes, a condition that causes a backup in your digestive system. The food you eat can take several days to exit your body. And for many, constipation can become chronic, meaning regularly passing lumpy hard stools accompanied by straining. What's behind this unsettling phenomenon? Constipation arises in the colon, also known as the large intestine. This muscular organ is split into four sections: the ascending, transverse, descending, and sigmoid colon, which connects with the rectum and anus. The small intestine delivers stool consisting of ingested food, bile, and digestive juices to the large intestine. As this stool moves through the colon, the organ siphons off most of the...
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Visiting the bathroom is part of the daily human experience. But occasionally, constipation strikes, a condition that causes a backup in your digestive system. The food you eat can take several days to exit your body. And for many, constipation can become chronic, meaning regularly passing lumpy hard stools accompanied by straining. What's behind this unsettling phenomenon? Constipation arises in the colon, also known as the large intestine. This muscular organ is split into four sections: the ascending, transverse, descending, and sigmoid colon, which connects with the rectum and anus. The small intestine delivers stool consisting of ingested food, bile, and digestive juices to the large intestine. As this stool moves through the colon, the organ siphons off most of the...
