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Constipation Home Care: Warning Signs

Notify your doctor if you have constipation and any of the following:

Abdominal pain
Worsening abdominal pain in one area of the abdomen
Abdominal swelling
Black stools
Fever
Rectal bleeding
Rectal pain
Repeated vomiting

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Last Updated: Nov 5, 2008 References

Authors: Stephen J. Schueler, MD; John H. Beckett, MD; D. Scott Gettings, MD

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