Constipation is a frequently reported bowel symptom ... However, the constipated elderly have been left behind while gastroenterology consultations for this common conditions are at a rise for ...

particularly when these changes occur with other issues, such as diarrhea, constipation, or abdominal pain. This article investigates what can cause changes in bowel movements and when to see a ...

Introduction Existing literature regarding the efficacy and safety of anti-tumour necrosis factor (TNF) therapy in the elderly with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD ... Data on treatment efficacy, ...

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 4, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD ... and colleagues assessed the global burden of IBD in the elderly. The analysis included data from the Global Burden ...

France Data on the natural history of elderly-onset inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are scarce. Methods In a French population-based cohort we identified 841 IBD patients >60 years of age at ...

Fecal impaction occurs when stool forms that is hard, dry, and difficult to pass on its own. Individuals who experience constipation are more at risk of fecal impaction, which is more severe. When an ...

Some populations, particularly elderly individuals in nursing ... by constipation or if you haven't had a bowel movement for several days. These problems are more easily treated in the early ...

email.msn.com Objective: Little has been written in the medical literature concerning the ethics of treatment of the elderly demented patient with bowel obstruction. It is one example of the issues ...

Abstract: The development of modern civilization leads to us having to solve new problems which did not exist before ... To ensure safety and wellbeing of elderly people, patients in hospitals and ...