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The disorder irritable bowel syndrome or spastic colon as it is sometimes known is a functional disorder meaning that it is defined purely in terms of the symptoms. The underlying cause is not known. Contrast this to heart disease where the symptom, loss of blood flow to the heart, and the cause, arterial narrowing, are both known.
One of the major issues regarding constipation in younger children is that they have a hard time clearly communicating the problem to the parents. However, if the parent watches their bowel habits carefully over a period of time, looks at their stool and tries to talk to them, it is a matter of time before a proper diagnosis.
Opioids are a group of chemical compounds which show a strong pain-killing effect and used accordingly in the clinic. The agents that belong to this class of analgesics include the well-known morphine. Other agents are codeine, used in cough syrups, and oxycodone, infamous of late for its high profile in recent crimes.
