What is Constipation?

Constipation is a condition in which there are fewer than three bowel movements a week; stools that are hard, dry, or lumpy; stools that are difficult or painful to pass; or a feeling that not all stool has passed.

How do members experience Constipation?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with Constipation*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for Constipation*

Who has Constipation on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 5
20s 13
30s 12
40s 11
50s 11
60s 11
70+ 8

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 17
Female 47

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What is Constipation?

Constipation is a condition in which there are fewer than three bowel movements a week; stools that are hard, dry, or lumpy; stools that are difficult or painful to pass; or a feeling that not all stool has passed.



Common symptoms reported by people with Constipation

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for Constipation

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Compare treatments taken by people with Constipation

Let’s build this page together! When you share what it’s like to have Constipation through your profile, those stories and data appear here too.

Got a question about living with Constipation? Members in the forum might have the answers.



Who has Constipation on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 1 new patients joined this month
  • 36 say Constipation is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 5
20s 13
30s 12
40s 11
50s 11
60s 11
70+ 8

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 17
Female 47

These charts show data from Constipation patients who have completed their condition history
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