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[Dear Doctor, if a Hospital Doctor reports Ecopresis or soiling for a older dementia patient ..what does it mean and is dangerous or can it be dangerous if not investigated..what does all this mean..please advise.] View answer
Answered by :Dr. Klerida Shehu
( Gastroenterologist)
XXXXXXX is always constipated, she had encopresis as a toddler, but we thought that was gone since ... a problem again. It s sad how uncomfortable she is. Can the encopresis come back if she stretches ... View answer
Answered by :Dr. Muhammed Aslam TK
( Pediatrician)
XXXXXXX is always constipated, she had encopresis as a toddler, but we thought that was gone since ... a problem again. It s sad how uncomfortable she is. Can the encopresis come back if she stretches ... View answer
Answered by :Dr. Muhammed Aslam TK
( Pediatrician)
My three-year old grandchild has been diagnosed with encopresis by a GT in August of this year. She is on Miralax and is now on a maintenance dose. Potty training is difficult because her bowel ... View answer
for him. He did have issues as a young child with severe constipation and extremely large stools. He ..." pretty much every day. He goes to the bathroom everyday and his stools are soft. Is there anything ... View answer
Answered by :Dr. Sumanth Amperayani
( Pediatrician)
My 4 year old son was diagnosed with encopresis in early November. We went through a clean out ... encopresis are emerging again. I am wondering what foods we should absolutely avoid and if there are other ... View answer
ever since with her. Asi said she is now 10years old and the doctor believe she has encopresis after ... wear depends I have just recently applied for ssi benefits is encopresis considered a disability? The ... View answer
[My daughter is 11 years old and having a fecal problem. She doesn t even realize that the fecal matter is escaping out of her backside. She gets this crust on her underwear. We have been trying to deal with this on our... View answer
Answered by :Dr. Sumanth Amperayani
( Pediatrician)
[My grand son has undergone surgery for rectosigmoid hirschprung s and now he is suffering from fecal soiling. His age is now 3 years. On per rectal examination there is hardened stool mass. Our doctor has suggested enema... View answer
Answered by :Dr. Scott Rebich
( Internal Medicine Specialist)
Hello--I ve been working with my son on issues of encopresis for 2 1/2 years. Today, it looked like one of his smears had white things in it. Like whitish/yellowish seeds. Could he have worms. I ve done ... View answer
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