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Encopresis (cont.)

Medical Author:
Stephen Borowitz, MD
Medical Editor:
Jorge Vargas, MD
Medical Editor:
Mary L Windle, PharmD
Medical Editor:
Steven Altschuler, MD

Encopresis Treatment

Self-Care at Home

Although parents will be following a regimen recommended by the child’s health care provider, most of the work of treating encopresis is done at home.

It is very important that parents and other caregivers keep a complete record of the child’s medication use and bowel movements during the treatment period. This record can be very helpful in determining whether the treatment is working.

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According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Third edition (DSM-III), encopresis is defined as the "repeated involuntary passage of feces into places not appropriate for that purpose...the event must take place for at least 6 months, the chronologic and mental age of the child must be at least 4 years."

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