Encopresis - Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis & Treatment Method

What is Encopresis?

Encopresis occurs when your child resists having bowel movements, causing impacted stool to collect in the colon and rectum. When your child’s colon is full of impacted stool, liquid stool can start to leak around the hard, dry, impacted stool, soiling a child’s clothing.

Symptoms of Encopresis

1. Leakage of stool on your child’s underwear
2. Avoidance of bowel movement
3. Lack of appetite
4. Abdominal pain
5. Constipation
6. Long periods of time between bowel movements, possibly as long as a week

Causes of Encopresis

1. Constipation
2. Emotional issues

Risk factors of Encopresis

1. More common in boys
2. Chronic constipation
3. Not drinking enough fluids

Complications of Encopresis

1. Low self-esteem
2. Embarrassment and frustration
3. Depression 

Diagnosis of Encopresis

Diagnosis of Encopresis involves the following tests:

1. Physical examination
2. Abdominal X-ray

Precautions & Prevention of Encopresis

1. Encourage your child to drink plenty of water
2. Provide your child with a diet
3. High in fiber
4. Encourage your child to have regular bowel movements

Homeopathic Treatment of Encopresis Problem

Homeopathic Treatment of Encopresis works to regulate bowel movement. It also calms down the emotional state of the child. Some of the homeopathic remedies for encopresis are:

1. Bryonia
2. Causticum
3. Calcarea carbonica
4. Lyco
5. Nux V
6. Graph

Psychotherapy Treatment of Encopresis

Psychotherapy and Hypnotherapy Treatment of Encopresis gives you techniques for teaching your child not to hold stool. It may be used to help the child cope with the shame, guilt, or loss of self-esteem associated with the disorder.

Conventional / Allopathic Treatment of Encopresis

The allopathic Treatment of Encopresis includes the following medications:

1. Stool softeners, such as lactulose
2. Colon lubricants, such as mineral oil
3. Rectal suppositories
4. Enemas
5. More oral fluids

Dietary & Herbal Treatment of Encopresis

1. Eat high fiber food
2. Drink a lot of fluids

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