Consequences of untreated constipation
- Bloating / general abdominal discomfort
- Pain
- Nausea
- Poor appetite
- Anxiety around toileting
- Impaction requiring hospital admission and surgery
- Diarrhoea, known as overflow diarrhoea. The hard stool is still stuck but some mistakenly believe this counts as a bowel motion
- Fresh blood on wiping due to the hardness of the stool
- Increase in seizure activity
- Challenging behaviours
- Intestinal tears
- Peritoneal sepsis
- Death
