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Journal of Gastroenterology and Digestive Diseases | Volume 3
May 25-26, 2018 | New York, USA
World Liver Conference 2018
Functional constipation management: Functional constipation
is a very common disease among the healthy population and
is a cause of serious social discomfort in young and working-
age patients. In older people and in defeated patients,
it can be cause and contributory cause of aggravation of
existing pathologies. For these reasons, this pathology is
an important source of expenditure for the National Health
Service and also for the nation and the economy, given the
absences of work. The problem, often limited to situations
that can be handled in outpatient care, sometimes takes
on important dimensions, requiring hospitalization and, in
particularly severe cases, the need for surgical intervention.
In my presentation, I try to highlight the importance of
targeted diagnostics before proceeding with a therapeutic
intervention. I focus attention on the differential diagnosis
between functional constipation and irritable bowel
syndrome with prevalent constipation, because this can
change the pathology management. I also point out the
importance of dividing the disease into subclasses, because
this also radically affects the therapeutic approach.
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The management of functional constipation
Antonio Iannetti
University “La Sapienza” Roma, Italy