[47] In non-responders to conservative treatment, some functional tests are useful to clarify pathophysiological changes in patients with constipation after consideration of performing endoscopy.

Constipation in menopause is not unusual. Hormonal fluctuation, such as lower estrogen and progesterone levels, may affect the digestive tract. Different types of treatment could help promote ...

even elderly patients can use the drug safely for up to six months “Until recently, few data were available regarding the long term treatment of chronic constipation,” says study author Dr ...

Homeopathic treatments are chosen according ... Elderly individuals bear a heavier burden, especially elderly women, who ...

Similarly, as people get older ... if it is amenable to treatment like increased intake of water and diet modification, like increased intake of fruits, vegetables and other foods with high fibre, ...

In those not responding to conservative treatment, the approach needs ... current approaches and limitations in the management of constipation in the older ones to ease the gastroenterologists ...