Encopresis Center - Bakersfield, CA
Bakersfield Pediatrician Doctors for EncopresisType of Physician: Pediatrician What is a Pediatrician? A certification by the Board of Pediatrics; practitioners are concerned with the physical, emotional, and social health of children from birth to young adulthood. Pediatric care encompasses a wide range of health services, from preventive health care to the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic diseases. The pediatrician understands the constantly changing status of his/her patients due to growth and development, and the consequent changing standards of "normal" for age. Specialty: Pediatrics Common Name: Children's Doctor Pediatrician Doctors in Bakersfield * Sun H Lee MD  Neloufa Merrill MD  Tien N Khuu MD FAAP  Chuck K Lee MD  Kid Shop  Kern Faculty Medical Group  Kern Faculty Medical Group  Kern Faculty Medical Group  Xenia A Roldan MD  Lyndon Senar MD  Christian Medical Services  Bhogal, Klupsteen, Patel & Khurana  Bhogal, Klupsteen, Patel & Khurana  Bhogal, Klupsteen, Patel & Khurana  Bhogal, Klupsteen, Patel & Khurana  San Dimas Pediatric  San Dimas Pediatric  Sung S Jung MD  Almond Grove Pediatrics  Almond Grove Pediatrics  Nagy Awadalla MD  Kern Medical Center Pediatrics & Neonatology  Kern Medical Center Pediatrics & Neonatology  Parameswaran S Aiylam MD  Kern Faculty Medical Group  Kaiser Permanente Bakersfield  Emad F Shafic MD  George Laven MD  Kaiser Permanente Bakersfield  Kaiser Permanente Bakersfield  Kaiser Permanente Bakersfield  Kaiser Permanente Bakersfield  Kaiser Permanente Bakersfield  Kaiser Permanente Bakersfield  Riverwalk Pediatric Clinic, Inc  Kaiser Permanente Stockdale & Bakers Rds  Riverwalk Pediatric Clinic, Inc  Riverwalk Pediatric Clinic, Inc  Kaiser Permanente Stockdale & Bakers Rds  Kaiser Permanente Stockdale & Bakers Rds  Riverwalk Pediatric Clinic, Inc  Southwest Pediatrics  Southwest Pediatrics  Southwest Pediatrics  Kaye T Sykes MD  Riverwalk Pediatric Clinic, Inc  Riverwalk Pediatric Clinic, Inc  Susan B Walker MD  Kaiser Permanente Stockdale & Bakers Rds  Javier Bustamante MD  William F DiNicola MD  Lamont Community Health Center  Lamont Community Health Center  Lamont Community Health Center  McFarland Community Health Center  Wasco Medical Center  Delano Pediatric Group  Delano Pediatric Group  Delano Pediatric Group  Nilesh H Shah MD  Don V Zapanta MD  Mohammed Al-Haid MD  Family Healthcare Network  Family Healthcare Network  Vinay Buttan MD  Sierra View District Hospital  Lalitha Reddy MD  Ramon Resa MD  Maria Rusch MD  Rajeswari Sidharaju MD  Sequoia Family Medical Center  Sequoia Family Medical Center  Nancy D Boyd MD  Tulare County Health & Human Services  Tulare County Health & Human Services  Tulare Community Health Clinic  Tulare Community Health Clinic  Tulare Community Health Clinic  Tulare Community Health Clinic  Tulare Community Health Clinic  Tulare Community Health Clinic  San Joaquin Primary Care Medical Group  Mineral King Pediatrics  Mineral King Pediatrics  Michael Levine MD  Niazi Sidhom MD  Internal Medicine Associates  Visalia Medical Clinic Inc  Visalia Medical Clinic Inc  Visalia Medical Clinic Inc  Visalia Medical Clinic Inc  Visalia Medical Clinic Inc  Visalia Medical Clinic Inc  Jannelle M Bohl MD  Jannelle M Bohl MD  Tulare County Health & Human Services  Tulare County Health & Human Services  Valencia Pediatric Associates  Valencia Pediatric Associates  Valencia Pediatric Associates Bakersfield, CaliforniaBakersfield is a city at the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley in Kern County, California, United States. It is located roughly equidistant between Fresno and Los Angeles, 110 mi (180 km) to the north and south respectively.
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EncopresisWhat Are Elimination Disorders?Elimination disorders occur in children who have problems going to the bathroom—both defecating and urinating. Although it is not uncommon for young children to have occasional "accidents," there may be a problem if this behavior occurs repeatedly for longer than 3 months, particularly in children older than 5 years. There are two types of elimination disorders, encopresis and enuresis.
What Are the Symptoms of Encopresis?In addition to the behavior of releasing waste in improper places, a child with encopresis may have other symptoms, including:
What Causes Encopresis?The most common cause of encopresis is chronic (long-term) constipation, the inability to release stools from the bowel. This may occur for several reasons, including stress, not drinking enough water (which makes the stools hard and difficult to pass) and pain caused by a sore in or near the anus (the opening of the rectum in the fold between the buttocks, where was... Recommended Reading Related to EncopresisIntroductionPsychotherapy is often the first form of treatment recommended for depression. Called "therapy" for short, the word psychotherapy actually involves a variety of treatment techniques. During psychotherapy, a person with depression talks to a licensed and trained mental healthcare professional who helps him or her identify and work through the factors that may be causing their depressiondepression. Sometimes these factors work in combination with heredity or chemical imbalances in the brain to trigger depression. Taking care of the psychological and psychosocial aspects of depression is important.
How Does Psychotherapy Help Depression?Psychotherapy helps people with depression:
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