Encopresis: Inability to control the elimination of stool (fecal incontinence).
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What is encopresis?
Encopresis is a problem that children can develop due to chronic (long-term) constipation.
Encopresis, from the Greek κοπρος (kopros, dung) is involuntary "fecal soiling" in children who have usually already been toilet trained. Children with encopresis often leak stool into their underwear.
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Encopresis is the voluntary or involuntary passage of stools in a child who has been toilet trained (typically over age 4), which causes the soiling of clothes.
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Encopresis is the repeated passing of feces into places other than the toilet, such as in underwear or on the floor. This behavior may or may not be done on purpose.
Encopresis is frequently is associated with constipation and fecal impaction. Often, hard fecal material remains in the colon and the child only passes a soft or semi-liquid stool around the impacted stool.
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Medical causes of encopresis are usually related to chronic constipation. As hard feces build up in the large intestine, the bowel is stretched out of shape.
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encopresis - constipation and intestinal obstruction (blockage) lead to an involuntary leakage of loose stool.
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Encopresis occurs when your child resists having bowel movements, causing impacted stool to collect in the colon and rectum.
Encopresis is inappropriate loss of control of the bowels. This usually results in stool staining the underwear. In order to be considered encopresis, there is no other physical problem or illness that could be responsible for the loss of stool.
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Soiling (encopresis) should be relatively uncommon after the age of 4. Soiling in children can be grouped into late developers, toilet refusers, and school-age soilers.
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These constipated children often have encopresis, or accidental fecal soiling. Often if hard stool is present in the rectum, liquid feces can leak around the hard stool and pass out the anus without the child’s control.
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The child may be unable or unwilling to pass the stool regardless of its size. Liquid or loose stool may leak out, soiling the child's underwear. When this occurs in a child who is past the age of normal toilet training, it is called encopresis Opens ...
But the most common medical cause of fecal incontinence in the young is constipation, although the problem - known medically as encopresis - can also be due to an underlying condition, including mental retardation or other birth defects.
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