Encopresis Center - Placentia, CA
Placentia 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 Placentia * Placentia Medical Office  Placentia Medical Office  Drs Streit Weinberg & Gazzaniga MD  Drs Streit Weinberg & Gazzaniga MD  Drs Streit Weinberg & Gazzaniga MD  Caduceus Pediatrics  Caduceus Pediatrics  Caduceus Pediatrics  Marielle H Nguyen MD  UCI Medical Center Primary Care  Wen-Feng Jan MD  Cara Ruiz MD  Walsh Medical Group  Elizabeth R Reyes  Elizabeth R Reyes  North Orange County Pediatrics  North Orange County Pediatrics  North Orange County Pediatrics  St Jude Heritage Medical Group  St Jude Heritage Medical Group  David Shek MD  Sohrab Salamati-Pour MD  Sohrab Salamati-Pour MD  Samara P Cardenas MD  For OC Kids Neurodevelopmental Center  George F Youssef MD  Mamerto Garcia MD & Dhirubhai Shah MD  Mamerto Garcia MD & Dhirubhai Shah MD  Drs Patel & Patel  Kids Care Pediatrics  Kids Care Pediatrics  Kids Care Pediatrics  Nooshin A Farahmand MD  Gateway Regional Medical Group Pediatrics  Jeong-Ok Lee MD  Grant R Masaoka MD  Joseph Munoz MD  Gateway Regional Medical Group Pediatrics  Keiichiro Omori MD  The Genetics Center  Robert C Sharp MD  Childrens Medical Group  Kenneth Akey MD  Childrens Medical Group  UCI Medical Center Pediatrics  Orange Pediatrics  Drs Gladstein & Koutures  Orange Pediatrics  Eclipse Medical Group  UCI Medical Center Pediatrics  Eclipse Medical Group  Childrens Medical Group  Drs Gladstein & Koutures  Eclipse Medical Group  UCI Medical Center Pediatrics  Eclipse Medical Group  UCI Medical Center Pediatrics  UCI Medical Center Neonatology  UCI Medical Center Pediatrics  Adult & Pediatric Orthopaedic Specialists  UCI Medical Center Pediatrics  Adult & Pediatric Orthopaedic Specialists  Orange Pediatrics  Angela Allevato MD  St Joseph Heritage Medical Group  CHOC Pediatric Subspecialty Faculty  St Joseph Heritage Medical Group  St Joseph Heritage Medical Group  St Joseph Heritage Medical Group  Marta Sarmiento MD  St Joseph Heritage Medical Group  Donald Bendig MD  West Coast Pediatric Neurosurgery  Donald Bendig MD  St Joseph Heritage Medical Group  Pediatric Subspecialty Faculty Inc  Gregory S Buchert MD  Pediatric Subspecialty Faculty Inc  Florencio C Ching MD  Pediatric Subspecialty Faculty Inc  West Coast Pediatric Neurosurgery  Pediatric Subspecialty Faculty Inc  Pediatric Subspecialty Faculty Inc  Childrens Hospital of Orange County  Pediatric Subspecialty Faculty Inc  Childrens Hospital of Orange County  Pediatric Subspecialty Faculty Inc  St Joseph Heritage Medical Group  Pediatric Subspecialty Faculty Inc  Pediatric Subspecialty Faculty Inc  James D Korb MD  Pediatric Subspecialty Faculty Inc  West Coast Pediatric Neurosurgery  Childrens Hospital of Orange County  Donald Bendig MD  Felizardo S Camilon MD  West Coast Pediatric Neurosurgery  West Coast Pediatric Neurosurgery  Pediatric Subspecialty Faculty Inc  St Joseph Heritage Medical Group Placentia, CaliforniaUpcoming Local Events2012-06-09
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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.
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