Talk:Constipation

message: This article lists as one of the causes of constipation "low liquid intake". Would it not be better to say "dehydration"? It is possible to have dehydration while liquid intake is quite high. This may be the case for untreated diabetes mellitus. Vorbee (talk) 09:50, 25 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Low liquid intake

message: Link required for Hirschsprung's disease 2A00:23C4:AA17:B200:C843:1BE:8B4C:ECF1 (talk) 22:37, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hirschsprung's disease 

message: Firstly, I can't imagine why my fixing of an indirect link would be reverted, but I suppose that such reversions are performed hastily, taking legitimate editing in their wake. I have taken the liberty of re-doing that and marking it as a minor edit.
As for referencing, everything I've referenced is for standard medicine, and I have been careful to avoid alternative medicine sources and, also, klismaphile and other enema obsession sources I have likewise avoided.
Now I have added a reference from a state university and now the proposed sentence reads thus:
A large volume or high enema can be given to cleanse as much of the colon as possible of feces. However, a low enema is generally useful only for stool in the rectum, not in the intestinal tract.
Please advise as to whether or not this is yet acceptable. If not, I'll find (yet more) legitimate sources.
I thank you. Helen4780 (talk) 18:32, 17 February 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: the  two sentences regarding "high-enema" and "low enema" seem to be in the same train of thought basically describing the two procedures in terms of difference. since there is no collision between the two sentences, the "however" beginning of the second sentence seems to be logically inadeqate. maybe better to replace "however" with "on the other hand". also the two sentences could be easily merged into one single sentence. 89.134.199.32 (talk) 10:54, 10 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Needs better sourcing for "Added referenced sentence on use of a high enema. Also fixed an indirect link." 

message: I believe that the part saying "constipation with no known cause affects females more often affected than males" should be corrected to "constipation with no known cause affects females more often than males" (redundant "AFFECTED" to be deleted). 89.134.199.32 (talk) 10:45, 10 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  epidemiology section 

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message: Under epidemiology, in the first paragraph:
"It is more common in women, the elderly and children." 
If the source is referring to people assigned female at birth, I would change "women" to people assigned female at birth, and this would apply to any other text that uses the terms "man" or "woman" to refer to someone's assigned sex at birth (what someone's sex is "identified" as at their birth like male, intersex, female, etc) 2600:4040:A034:A300:7017:9EAB:537:A5E7 (talk) 18:32, 27 October 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Better, "It is more common in females, the elderly, and children." "Female" is a biological category. Downtowngal (talk) 13:40, 30 October 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Should be "adult females" Downtowngal (talk) 13:54, 30 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Trans-inclusive/Non-binary-inclusive language