Functional constipation
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Functional constipation is a form of constipation with a psychological or psychosomatic background. A person suffering from it is physiologically healthy, but still experiences trouble defecating.
Functional constipation has many causes, some of which are:
- a bad diet
- an unwillingness to defecate
- nervous reactions, including prolonged and/or chronic stress and anxiety, that close the inner anal sphincter muscle, which isn't under voluntary control
- inability or unwillingness to control one's outer anal sphincter, which is normally under voluntary control
- deeper psychosomatic disorders which sometimes affect digestion and the absorption of water in the colon
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