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Is it not healthy to be constipated? what can happen?
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Depends: It may just cause discomfort and bloating of stomach. If left unattended, impaction of stool in the colon can lead to intestinal obstruction, with vomiting and electrolyte imbalance and worse.
Answered 9/29/2016
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