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Constipation is something that is not spoken of enough in leading to long term consequences both mild (hemorrhoids) and severe (diverticulitis, colectomy)

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Have a 57yo with a perforated colon from diverticulitis getting some of her colon removed.

Yup great point, it’s astounding how that can be considered normal for many

I think part of the problem is that even the clinical definition of constipation has diluted down to mean fewer than 3 movements a week

IMO if you're not shitting every day (with exceptions for outliers), you have a problem