Me: Have you got that new book on constipation?

[J. S. Bach]

Librarian: It hasn't come out yet.
Me: Yes, that's the one.

[HONDO74]

Can you die from constipation ? I"M a little concerned about how full of $hit some people are.....

[webenda]

Can you die from constipation ? I"M a little concerned about how full of $hit some people are.....

Yes, you can die from constipation.

Method of data collection to determine how many patients died from Fecal Impactation (FI);
Medical charts coded with FI at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center from 2016 or 2017 were identified retrospectively. Patients diagnosed with FI in the ED or subsequent to direct hospital admission from the ED were included. Patient-specific demographics, visit-specific details, medical and medication histories, and hospital treatment and outcome measures were included in a database and analyzed.

Results:
32 patients (mean age of 72.9 years, 62.5% female) had a total of 42 ED visits with FI. Patients had an average of 8.7 diagnoses and 11.2 medications listed in their charts. 54.8% of patients were taking at least one commonly prescribed constipating medication. The median total length of stay for admitted patients was 3 days, with nearly 90% of the ED visits with FI requiring hospital admission. 40.6% of patients experienced serious FI-related morbidities, and 21.9% of patients with FI died in the hospital.

Reference: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6499648/