Many people are plagued with constipation. Sometimes these bowel movements can result in pain or muscle strain to ones abdominal muscles.
According to the Mayo Clinic and the National Library of Medicine, constipation may have harmful effects such as hemorrhoids and fecal impaction. The long-term effects of chronic constipation are bleeding from large hemorrhoids and/or bloody stools, gas and bloating, intense abdominal pain, malnutrition, anal fissures, rectal prolapse, and other diseases including colon cancer.
There is no range for what is considered “normal” with respect to ones regular bowel movements, having an average of three or less per week would generally be considered constipation. If the duration between the bowel movements is one to several weeks in time, this could be considered Chronic Constipation.