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Descriptor English: Constipation
Descriptor Spanish: Estreñimiento
Descriptor estreñimiento
Entry term(s) constipación de vientre
Scope note: Evacuación infrecuente o dificil de las HECES. Estos síntomas están asociados con muy diversas causas, entre las que cabe destacar una pobre ingesta de FIBRA DE LA DIETA, alteraciones emocionales o nerviosas, alteraciones sistémicas y estructurales, agravamiento inducido por drogas, e infecciones.
Descriptor Portuguese: Constipação Intestinal
Descriptor French: Constipation
Entry term(s): Colonic Inertia
Dyschezia
Tree number(s): C23.888.821.150
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003248
Scope note: Infrequent or difficult evacuation of FECES. These symptoms are associated with a variety of causes, including low DIETARY FIBER intake, emotional or nervous disturbances, systemic and structural disorders, drug-induced aggravation, and infections.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
DeCS ID: 3267
Unique ID: D003248
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2003/07/09
Constipation - Preferred
Concept UI M0005043
Scope note Infrequent or difficult evacuation of FECES. These symptoms are associated with a variety of causes, including low DIETARY FIBER intake, emotional or nervous disturbances, systemic and structural disorders, drug-induced aggravation, and infections.
Preferred term Constipation
Dyschezia - Narrower
Concept UI M0444304
Scope note Difficult defecation.
Preferred term Dyschezia
Colonic Inertia - Narrower
Concept UI M0444303
Scope note Symptom characterized by the passage of stool once a week or less.
Preferred term Colonic Inertia



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