Encopresis Center - Santa Clara, CA
Santa Clara 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 Santa Clara * Korthamar & Merigan  Korthamar & Merigan  Camino Medical Group Pediatrics Department  Camino Medical Group Pediatrics Department  Camino Medical Group Pediatrics Department  Camino Medical Group Pediatrics Department  Camino Medical Group Pediatrics Department  Andrade & Tsu MDs  Dagmar Horvath MD  Waldemar H Werner MD  Kyung Sook Park MD  Mina Sehhat MD  Shen Medicine & Pediatrics Associates  Andrade & Tsu MDs  Waldemar H Werner MD  Pediatric Center for Life  Pediatric Center for Life  Boo W Lee MD  Pediatric Center for Life  Narciso & Rosemarie Padua MDs  Narciso & Rosemarie Padua MDs  Nilda Vergara Medical Group  Sima Stein MD  Allergy & Asthma Associates of Northern California  Allergy & Asthma Associates of Northern California  Allergy & Asthma Associates of Northern California  Allergy & Asthma Associates of Northern California  John M Sum MD  Valley Connection Pediatrics  Chang H Cho MD  Ping-Cheung Lee MD  University of Maryland Pediatric Critical Care  Camino Medical Group Physicians  Camino Medical Group Physicians  Camino Medical Group Physicians  Camino Medical Group Physicians  Camino Medical Group Physicians  Gregory F Lum & Susan Sombatpanit MDs  Gregory F Lum & Susan Sombatpanit MDs  Kjartan Armann MD  Los Gatos Pediatrics  Los Gatos Pediatrics  Camino Medical Group  Camino Medical Group  Osofsky Pediatrics  Los Gatos Pediatrics  Camino Medical Group  Camino Medical Group  John C Whitney MD  John C Whitney MD  Care First Pediatrics  Care First Pediatrics  Care First Pediatrics  Mong-Hoa Truong MD  Perry F Lim MD  South Bascom Pediatrics Inc  South Bascom Pediatrics Inc  Neema Malhotra MD  RAMBLC Pediatric Medical Group  Bruce Buckingham MD  RAMBLC Pediatric Medical Group  Christine Halaburka MD  Christine Halaburka MD  RAMBLC Pediatric Medical Group  RAMBLC Pediatric Medical Group  RAMBLC Pediatric Medical Group  Michael Triantos MD & Belinda Milford MD  RAMBLC Pediatric Medical Group  Neela Parekh MD  Dushyant Patel & Mandakini Patel MD's  RAMBLC Pediatric Medical Group  RAMBLC Pediatric Medical Group  RAMBLC Pediatric Medical Group  Michael Triantos MD & Belinda Milford MD  Christine Halaburka MD  Nilda A Abellera MD  Ahmed Rose & Stemmle MDs  Pediatric Associates  Joseph Gali MD  Pediatric Associates  Thomas L Ho MD  Pediatric Associates  Gloria Lo MD  San Jose Medical Group  Fred & Mary Mansubi MDs PC  Fred & Mary Mansubi MDs PC  Ahmed Rose & Stemmle MDs  David Safir MD  Jenny H Saw MD  Bernardo Medical Center  Ahmed Rose & Stemmle MDs  Ahmed Rose & Stemmle MDs  Regional Medical Center of San Jose  San Jose Medical Group  Rebong Pediatric Medical Group PC  M Sharif Badri MD  Fernando Capulong MD  Yaminali M Javid MD  Naresh Kapoor MD  Rebong Pediatric Medical Group PC Santa Clara, CaliforniaUpcoming Local Events2012-06-16
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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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