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Encopresis, the Glossary

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Encopresis is voluntary or involuntary passage of feces outside of toilet-trained contexts (fecal soiling) in children who are four years or older and after an organic cause has been excluded.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 18 relations: Anismus, Conduct disorder, Constipation, Contingency management, DSM-5, Fecal incontinence, Feces, Gastrocolic reflex, Lactulose, Macrogol, Megacolon, Mineral oil, Oppositional defiant disorder, Pediatrics, Prevalence, Psychiatry, Suppository, Toilet training.

  2. Constipation
  3. Mental disorders diagnosed in childhood
  4. Symptoms and signs: Digestive system and abdomen

Anismus

Anismus or dyssynergic defecation is the failure of normal relaxation of pelvic floor muscles during attempted defecation.

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Conduct disorder

Conduct disorder (CD) is a mental disorder diagnosed in childhood or adolescence that presents itself through a repetitive and persistent pattern of behavior that includes theft, lies, physical violence that may lead to destruction, and reckless breaking of rules, in which the basic rights of others or major age-appropriate norms are violated. Encopresis and Conduct disorder are mental disorders diagnosed in childhood.

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Constipation

Constipation is a bowel dysfunction that makes bowel movements infrequent or hard to pass.

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Contingency management

Contingency management (CM) is the application of the three-term contingency (or operant conditioning), which uses stimulus control and consequences to change behavior.

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DSM-5

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), is the 2013 update to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the taxonomic and diagnostic tool published by the American Psychiatric Association (APA).

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Fecal incontinence

Fecal incontinence (FI), or in some forms, encopresis, is a lack of control over defecation, leading to involuntary loss of bowel contents, both liquid stool elements and mucus, or solid feces. Encopresis and Fecal incontinence are Symptoms and signs: Digestive system and abdomen.

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Feces

Feces (or faeces;: faex) are the solid or semi-solid remains of food that was not digested in the small intestine, and has been broken down by bacteria in the large intestine.

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Gastrocolic reflex

The gastrocolic reflex or gastrocolic response is a physiological reflex that controls the motility, or peristalsis, of the gastrointestinal tract following a meal.

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Lactulose

Lactulose is a non-absorbable sugar used in the treatment of constipation and hepatic encephalopathy.

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Macrogol

Macrogol, also known as polyethylene glycol (PEG), is used as a medication to treat constipation in children and adults.

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Megacolon

Megacolon is an abnormal dilation of the colon (also called the large intestine).

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Mineral oil

Mineral oil is any of various colorless, odorless, light mixtures of higher alkanes from a mineral source, particularly a distillate of petroleum, as distinct from usually edible vegetable oils.

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Oppositional defiant disorder

Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) is listed in the DSM-5 under Disruptive, impulse-control, and conduct disorders and defined as "a pattern of angry/irritable mood, argumentative/defiant behavior, or vindictiveness". Encopresis and Oppositional defiant disorder are mental disorders diagnosed in childhood.

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Pediatrics

Pediatrics (also spelled paediatrics or pædiatrics) is the branch of medicine that involves the medical care of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.

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Prevalence

In epidemiology, prevalence is the proportion of a particular population found to be affected by a medical condition (typically a disease or a risk factor such as smoking or seatbelt use) at a specific time.

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Psychiatry

Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of deleterious mental conditions.

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Suppository

A suppository is a dosage form used to deliver medications by insertion into a body orifice (any opening in the body), where it dissolves or melts to exert local or systemic effects. Encopresis and suppository are constipation.

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Toilet training

Toilet training (also potty training or toilet learning) is the process of training someone, particularly a toddler or infant, to use the toilet for urination and defecation.

See Encopresis and Toilet training

See also

Constipation

Mental disorders diagnosed in childhood

Symptoms and signs: Digestive system and abdomen

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encopresis

Also known as Nonorganic encopresis.