Probably some 50 per cent of the population, particularly women, suffer to some degree from constipation. We hear again and again that it is bad to allow constipation to go on for any length of time, and there is no lack of good advice for its treatment. In contrast with constipation, not many people suffer from constant diarrhoea, a condition that prevents normal evacuation over long periods of time, even years, as opposed to the occasional bout of diarrhoea that passes quickly. Very little has been written about this kind of diarrhoea, even though it is more harmful than constipation.
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