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## Meet the editor

Gyula Mózsik, MD, PhD, ScD, is an emeritus professor of Medicine at the First Department of Medicine, University of Pécs, Hungary. He previously served as head of the department from 1993 to 2003. Dr. Mózsik specializes in medicine, gastroenterology, clinical pharmacology, and clinical nutrition. His research focuses on clinical, pharmacological, biochemical, and molecular studies of the gastrointestinal tract, and innovative studies

in new drug production and different foods. He has published 360 peer-reviewed papers, 196 book chapters, 700 abstracts, 19 monographs, and has edited 39 books. He organized 38 national and international congresses/symposiums in Croatia, France, Romania, Italy, the United States, and Japan. He received the Andre Robert award in 2014 from the International Union of Pharmacology, Gastrointestinal Section. Fourteen of Dr. Mózsik's students have been appointed as full professors in Cuba, Egypt, and Hungary.

Contents

Constipation

Pathology

Constipation *by Dae Youn Hwang*

*by Charles M. Lepkowsky*

*by Alexander S. Somwaru*

*by Tika Ram Bhandari and Sudha Shahi*

Management of Pediatric Constipation *by Raashid Hamid and Shazada Shahid Banday*

Imaging of Constipation and Its Complications

*Yoshifumi Takahashi, Osamu Isokawa and Shuji Terai*

**Preface III**

**Chapter 1 1**

**Chapter 2 17**

**Chapter 3 27**

**Chapter 4 51**

**Chapter 5 71**

**Chapter 6 91**

Therapeutic Role of Natural Products Containing Tannin for Treatment of

The Management of Constipation: Current Status and Future Prospects *by Masaki Maruyama, Kenya Kamimura, Moeno Sugita, Nao Nakajima,* 

Prevalence and Treatment of Constipation in Patients with Alpha-Synuclein

## Contents


Preface

Constipation is not a uniform condition. Although it is a common disorder, there are many different causes. For example, one study found a reverse correlation between the development of constipation and the intake of dietary fibers. It is this multifactorial origin of the problem that makes it difficult to treat. Constipation can result from a number of diseases and disorders, and therefore physicians in different specialties, including gastroenterology, endocrinology, neurology, psychiatry,

This book presents a comprehensive overview of constipation. Chapters cover topics such as prevalence, pathology, diagnosis, imaging, nutrition, and management, among other topics. Future trends and prospects for treatment are also discussed.

> **Gyula Mózsik, MD,Ph, ScD (med)** First Department of Medicine,

> > University of Pécs,

Hungary

During the examinations of patients also a very significant problem is that the possible is that the detailed diseases cover the whole medicine (from the pediatry, to medicine, surgery, traumatology, neurology, psychiratry, nutrition gastroenterology, endocrinology et al. Conseqently many physician partitcipate the screening of one patient.I would like to thank the contributors for their excellent chapters and their help in developing this volume. I am especially thankful for the support I've received from IntechOpen and Ms. Kristina Kardum, Author Service Manager.

and so on, may participate in the screening of an individual patient.
