Remember the causes of chronic constipation using the mnemonic JOE BIDEN
JOE BIDEN
- Juvenile eating disorder(anorexia nervosa)
- Other(pregnancy, systemic sclerosis, myotonic dystrophy)
- Environmental and dietary(low fiber diet, immobility,…)
- Bowel obstructing lesions
- Irritable bowel syndrome, Idiopathic chronic constipation
- Drugs(Aluminum, Opiates,…), Dyssynergia defecation
- Endocrine and metabolic (hypothyroidism,hypokalemia,hypercalcemia)
- Neurogenic disorders(Multiple sclerosis, Hirschsprung disease)
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