What is Encopresis?
What is Encopresis?
- Encopresis: Faecal incontinence by a child older than 4 years of age.
- Encopresis: Incontinence of feces not due to organic defect or illness.
Source - Diseases Database
- Encopresis: involuntary defecation not attributable to physical defects or illness.
Source - WordNet 2.1
Encopresis: Introduction
How serious is Encopresis?
Complications of Encopresis:
see complications of Encopresis
What causes Encopresis?
Causes of Encopresis: see causes of Encopresis
What are the symptoms of Encopresis?
Symptoms of Encopresis:
see symptoms of Encopresis
Complications of Encopresis:
see complications of Encopresis
Can anyone else get Encopresis?
Inheritance:
see inheritance of Encopresis
Encopresis: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Encopresis.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Encopresis.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Encopresis:
see treatments for Encopresis
Research for Encopresis:
see research for Encopresis
Society issues for Encopresis
Hospitalization statistics for Encopresis:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Encopresis:
- 0.0002% (24) of hospital consultant episodes were for nonorganic encopresis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 99% of hospital consultant episodes for nonorganic encopresis required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 74% of hospital consultant episodes for nonorganic encopresis were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 26% of hospital consultant episodes for nonorganic encopresis were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 344% of hospital consultant episodes for nonorganic encopresis required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 113 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for nonorganic encopresis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Name of Encopresis
Main name of condition: Encopresis
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