Article: Colonbuster
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Colonbuster
Constipation
If there is one health problem all Americans have in common, it would undoubtedly have to be constipation. Yes, constipation! More than 90% of Americans are constipated. Constipation plays a major role in obesity which is an American epidemic these days.
The English medical term "constipation" derives from a Latin word constipare which means "to crowd together." Mosby's Medical Dictionary, 3rd edition, p. 298.
Constipation occurs when the stools are "crowded together" in the colon. Medically speaking, constipation is defined as: ?Difficulty in passing stools or an incomplete or infrequent passage of hard stools. There are many causes, both organic and functional. Among the organic causes are intestinal obstruction, diverticulitis...
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