Patient Education Information

What I Need To Know About Constipation and Digestive Diseases Dictionary and Your Digestive System and How it Works - The National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse has created these documents.

Constipation - This fact sheet comes from FamilyDoctor.org.

Laxatives - The American Academy of Family Physicians has created this handout.

Constipation - The American Gastroenterological Association has prepared this fact sheet on constipation and ways to fix the problem.

Constipation for Kids - KidsHealth explains all about constipation.

The Digestive System - KidsHealth has developed this basic information for parents about how the gut works.

Elimination Self-Care Flow-Chart - FamilyDoctor has created this flow chart to help you determine the seriousness of your gut problem.

MEDLINEPlus Medical Encyclopedia - The Health Illustrated Encyclopedia from MedlinePlus includes over 4,000 articles about diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries, and surgeries. It also contains an extensive library of medical photographs and illustrations. Please check the alphabetic listing for the topic you want.

Stool Changes - The Cleveland Clinic explains this.