Symptoms of LAXATIVE ABUSE
View symptom groups below that present with LAXATIVE ABUSE
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Alternate Names : Laxative abuse
Definition
A laxative is a medication used to produce bowel movements. Laxative overdose occurs when someone accidentally or intentionally takes more than the normal or recommended amount of this medication.
Laxative abuse: Laxatives are normally used when a person has been unable to have a bowel movement for a long time.
Laxative abuse. The abuse of laxatives by individuals who want attention or to lose weight is an occasional cause of diarrhea.
What are the complications of diarrhea?
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Laxative abuse
Sedentary lifestyle
Not going to the bathroom when urge strikes ...
Laxative abuse*
Unclear mechanism
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If laxative abuse is present, advice should be given to gradually reduce laxative use and that laxative use does not significantly reduce calorie absorption.
Family members should normally be included in the treatment of adolescents with AN.
If laxative abuse is done, then rectal bleeding, bowel damage, and chronic diarrhea may result. Excessive laxative use removes an excess of potassium and sodium, leading to muscle spasms, dehydration, and eventual cardiac arrest.
Laxatives
Laxative abuse
Antibiotics - diarrhea is common because antibiotics kill off the "good" microbes in the digestive tract.
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Phospholine Iodide
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Surreptitious laxative abuse continues to be an important and underappreciated cause of chronic diarrhea. Laxative screening includes tests for magnesium, phosphate and sulfate in stool water or urine.
Over time, muscles and ligaments that support your pelvis, as well as your anal sphincter muscles, can weaken, leading to incontinence.
Chronic laxative abuse. Relying on laxatives to maintain regularity can lead to incontinence.
In cases of chronic diarrhea, additional tests may include 24-hour stool collection for weight and quantitative fecal fat to identify a malabsorption process; a stool laxative screen to rule out laxative abuse; ...
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"Bulimia," derived from the Greek words for "ox" and "hunger," is a syndrome that includes two elements: 1) binge eating and 2) self-induced vomiting, laxative abuse, ...
Causes include laxative abuse, endocrine tumors, and bile salt malabsorption.
Chronic Infections -- caused by parasites such as Giardia or amebiasis. Patients with AIDS are susceptible to many infections.
Purging may take several forms, but self-induced vomiting and laxative abuse are especially common methods used to prevent weight gain. Self-induced vomiting causes dental health problems, eroding tooth enamel over time.
However, there are some obese people who binge and purge (self-induced vomiting or laxative abuse to get rid of unwanted calories from binge eating) or eat large amounts of food compulsively without the purging component.
Bulimia nervosa-An eating disorder characterized by episodic binge eating followed by self-induced vomiting or laxative abuse.
Cephaeline-A chemical compound found in ipecac that irritates the stomach lining and triggers the vomiting reflex.
Bingeing without purging is characterized as compulsive overeating (binge eating) with the absence of bulimic behaviors, such as vomiting or laxative abuse (used to eliminate calories). Binge eating usually leads to becoming overweight.
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infectious disease such as Giardia lamblia;
following acute viral, bacterial, or parasitic infections;
severe constipation;
laxative abuse; and
endocrine diseases such as hyperthyroidism or Addison's disease.
Alcoholism
Diet high in sugar
Diuretic therapy without potassium chloride
Supplementation.
Laxative abuse
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That eating disorder characterized by recurrent binge eating; recurrent willful vomiting and/or other recurrent inappropriate compensatory measures to prevent weight gain (e.g., laxative abuse, diuretic abuse, or overexercising); ...
Straining
Work strain (lifting, etc.)
Straining while defecating
Chronic constipation
Passing hard, dry, small stools
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syndrome, bulimarexia, bulimia nervosa, BN): That eating disorder characterized by recurrent binge eating; recurrent willful vomiting and/or other recurrent inappropriate compensatory measures to prevent weight gain (e.g., laxative abuse, ...
eating disorder is an illness that resembles bulimia nervosa and is characterized by episodes of uncontrolled eating or bingeing. It differs from bulimia because its sufferers do not purge their bodies of the excess food via vomiting, laxative abuse, ...
- a disorder that resembles bulimia nervosa and is characterized by episodes of uncontrolled eating (or bingeing). It differs from bulimia, however, because its sufferers do not purge their bodies of the excess food, via vomiting, laxative abuse, ...
Bulimia includes eating large amounts of food-more than most people would eat in one meal-in short periods of time, then getting rid of the food and calories through vomiting, laxative abuse or over-exercising.
Malabsorption (where the body is unable to adequately absorb certain nutrients from the diet)
Hyperthyroidism
Some cancers
Laxative abuse
Alcohol abuse
Digestive tract surgery
Diabetes
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symptoms (thirst, dry mouth, dark urine) and causes (vomiting, diarrhea).
Diarrhea - Read the causes of diarrhea including infections, parasites, food poisoning, medications, IBS, IBD, cancer, endocrine disease, fat malabsorption, laxative abuse and ...
Abnormal heartbeat (arrhythmia).
Low body temperature.
Suicide risk when feeling discouraged about having bulimia or a relapse or about ongoing body image issues.
Long-term problems with bowel movements because of laxative abuse.
 See also: Abuse, Vomiting, Symptom, Depression, Nutrition
  
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