Professional Documents
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IN CHILDHOOD
Badriul Hegar
Divisi of Gastroenterology, Department of Child Health
University of Indonesia
Below the age of six, the child become fully responsible for
defecating in the accepted place
Stool frequency
Stool frequency
Countries
Bowel movement
USA
France
England
1 day
5 day
0-3 months
6-12 month
1-3 years
1.5 x/day
4.4 x/day
2.0-2.9 x/day
1.8 x/day
1-2 x/day
Thailand
Neonatal
4-6 years
3.3 x/day
1 x/day
Frequency of defecation
infants 0-4 months of age
Edi S, Hegar B, Firmansyah A, 2003
Consistency of stool
Normal value for weight of stool output vary widely as
consequence of dietary difference,
variation
Fecal consistency
infants 0-4 months of age
Edi S, Hegar B, Firmansyah A, 2003
CONSTIPATION
ENCOPRESIS
Constipation
or
Constipation
Children > 5 years (at least 2 of the following criteria)
Two or fewer bowel movement per week without laxatives
Constipation in
infants and preschool children
Chronic
Constipation in
infants and preschool children
185 children with constipation:
1st year 3%
2nd years 11%
resolved constipation:
Constipation in children
Divisi of Gastroenterology IKA-RSCM 2003
Encopresis
The voluntary or involuntary passage of
a normal bowel movement
in the underwear (or other unorthodox
locations)
- after the age of four
-
Retentive encopresis
Fecal incontinence in children with clear evidence
of constipation
Loening-Beucke V, Pediatric Clinnic of North America 1996;43:279-82
Encopresis
Encopresis
Conclusion
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