Noted: Constipation is not just a problem of childhood. ?There?s a fairly large literature in adults in terms of the adverse affects of chronic constipation on quality of life,? said Dr. Arnold Wald, a gastroenterologist and professor at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health who has written about constipation in both adults and children. ?Many studies have suggested it has an impact consistent with what we see in a lot of chronic illnesses, inflammatory bowel disease and so forth.?
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