Constipation

"Constipation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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.

Descriptor ID	D003248
MeSH Number(s)	C23.888.821.150
Concept/Terms	Constipation Constipation Dyschezia Dyschezia Colonic Inertia Colonic Inertia

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Diseases [C]
Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms [C23]
Signs and Symptoms [C23.888]
Signs and Symptoms, Digestive [C23.888.821]
Constipation [C23.888.821.150]

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Bar chart showing 7 publications over 7 distinct years, with a maximum of 1 publications in 2003 and 2007 and 2009 and 2016 and 2019 and 2022 and 2025

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2003	0	1	1
2007	1	0	1
2009	1	0	1
2016	1	0	1
2019	0	1	1
2022	0	1	1
2025	1	0	1

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Beltran NM, Garcia TI, Naime GM, Minervini V, Serafine KM. The effects of high fat diet consumption on morphine-induced constipation. Behav Pharmacol. 2025 Aug 01; 36(5):343-346.

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Camilleri M, Subramanian T, Pagan F, Isaacson S, Gil R, Hauser RA, Feldman M, Goldstein M, Kumar R, Truong D, Chhabria N, Walter BL, Eskenazi J, Riesenberg R, Burdick D, Tse W, Molho E, Robottom B, Bhatia P, Kadimi S, Klos K, Shprecher D, Marquez-Mendoza O, Hidalgo G, Grill S, Li G, Mandell H, Hughes M, Stephenson S, Vandersluis J, Pfeffer M, Duker A, Shivkumar V, Kinney W, MacDougall J, Zasloff M, Barbut D. Oral ENT-01 Targets Enteric Neurons to Treat Constipation in Parkinson Disease : A Randomized Controlled Trial. Ann Intern Med. 2022 12; 175(12):1666-1674.

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Sampath C, Kalpana R, Ansah T, Charlton C, Hale A, Channon KM, Srinivasan S, Gangula PR. Impairment of Nrf2- and Nitrergic-Mediated Gastrointestinal Motility in an MPTP Mouse Model of Parkinson's Disease. Dig Dis Sci. 2019 12; 64(12):3502-3517.

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Khademi H, Kamangar F, Brennan P, Malekzadeh R. Opioid Therapy and its Side Effects: A Review. Arch Iran Med. 2016 Dec; 19(12):870-876.

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Stewart ML, Schroeder NM. Dietary treatments for childhood constipation: efficacy of dietary fiber and whole grains. Nutr Rev. 2013 Feb; 71(2):98-109.

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Petrovitch H, Abbott RD, Ross GW, Nelson J, Masaki KH, Tanner CM, Launer LJ, White LR. Bowel movement frequency in late-life and substantia nigra neuron density at death. Mov Disord. 2009 Feb 15; 24(3):371-6.

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Abbott RD, Ross GW, Petrovitch H, Tanner CM, Davis DG, Masaki KH, Launer LJ, Curb JD, White LR. Bowel movement frequency in late-life and incidental Lewy bodies. Mov Disord. 2007 Aug 15; 22(11):1581-6.

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Abbott RD, Ross GW, White LR, Sanderson WT, Burchfiel CM, Kashon M, Sharp DS, Masaki KH, Curb JD, Petrovitch H. Environmental, life-style, and physical precursors of clinical Parkinson's disease: recent findings from the Honolulu-Asia Aging Study. J Neurol. 2003 Oct; 250 Suppl 3:III30-9.

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