Fake-Urgency-Syndrom

The feeling of constipation can have various causes. The S2k guideline distinguishes between transit disorder with infrequent or hard bowel movements and voiding disorder in which a mechanical obstacle impedes the defecation process. One group of patients is not included in this classification: patients who subjectively feel the urge to defecate by pushing hard, but fail to do so because there is no stool in the rectum. To reflect this phenomenon, I suggest adding the term “fake urgency syndrome” to the classification.