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Other causes

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Miscellaneous causes of constipation include:

  • spinal cord injury
  • irritable bowel syndrome
  • early pregnancy
  • autonomic neuropathy
  • systemic sclerosis - gut muscle degeneration
  • Chagas' disease - toxic destruction of myenteric neurones
  • pelvic floor dyssynergia

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