Encopresis Center - Sugar Land, TX
Sugar Land 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 Sugar Land * Memorial Family Practice  Ling K Szeto MD  Kelsey-Seybold Fort Bend Medical & Diagnostic Center  Kelsey-Seybold Fort Bend Medical & Diagnostic Center  Kelsey-Seybold Fort Bend Medical & Diagnostic Center  Kelsey-Seybold Fort Bend Medical & Diagnostic Center  Kelsey-Seybold Fort Bend Medical & Diagnostic Center  Kelsey-Seybold Fort Bend Medical & Diagnostic Center  Kelsey-Seybold Fort Bend Medical & Diagnostic Center  TCPA Sugarland  TCPA Sugarland  Texas Childrens Hospital Pediatric Urology  TCPA Sugarland  TCPA Sugarland  TCPA Sugarland  Southwest Medical Center  Southwest Medical Center  Louis E Pottkotter MD  Sugar Land Pediatric Center PA  Sugar Land Pediatric Center PA  Town Center Pediatrics  Town Center Pediatrics  Town Center Pediatrics  Town Center Pediatrics  Colony Pediatric  Texas Ear, Nose & Throat Consultants PLLC  Robert Mao MD  Physicians of Sweetwater  Maya R Patel MD  Toshio Yamauchi MD  Physicians of Sweetwater  Sugar Land Allergy Asthma & Immunology Center  Dickerson Pediatrics PA  Sweetwater Pediatrics  Charles Hsu MD  Manpreet K Sarna MD  Texas Family Pediatric Group  Pediatrics Center  Southwest Pediatrics  Familycare Pediatric PA  Familycare Pediatric PA  Huda I Tsihira MD  Atlas Gmoser Urbani & Kahn MDs  Atlas Gmoser Urbani & Kahn MDs  Atlas Gmoser Urbani & Kahn MDs  Atlas Gmoser Urbani & Kahn MDs  Atlas Gmoser Urbani & Kahn MDs  Le Pediatrics MD FAAP  Pediatric Center  The Children's Doctors of Texas  Zaishui Jia MD  T Yanuario Sanchez-Burgos & MD Irina A Ionescu-Matiu MD  Rukmini D Kumar MD  T Yanuario Sanchez-Burgos & MD Irina A Ionescu-Matiu MD  Rebecca P Schwanecke MD  Grand Parkway Pediatrics  Grand Parkway Pediatrics  Grand Parkway Pediatrics  Tykes to Teens Pediatrics  Grand Parkway Pediatrics  David Cotlar MD  Alief Children Clinic  Alief Children Clinic  Texas Childrens Pediatric Associates  Alief Children Clinic  Alief Children Clinic  Mohammad H Siddiqui MD  West Huston Pediatrics  Alief Children Clinic  Pediatrics of Southwest Houston  Pediatrics of Southwest Houston  Pediatrics of Southwest Houston  Pediatrics of Southwest Houston  Xun Mao MD  Nguyen S Thai MD  Suryakumari Battu MD  People's Community Health Center  People's Community Health Center  Westbury Pediatrics  People's Community Health Center  People's Community Health Center  Clinicare  Romeo Fortin MD  Clinica DeNinos  Tejas Medical Associates  Clinica DeNinos  Tejas Medical Associates  Clinica DeNinos  Piney Point Pediatric Associates  Piney Point Pediatric Associates  Piney Point Pediatric Associates  Piney Point Pediatric Associates  TCPA Southwest Pediatrics  TCPA Southwest Pediatrics  TCPA Southwest Pediatrics  Richard C Low MD  Internal Medicine & Pediatric Associates  Ashford Pediatric Associates  Mario Portocarrero MD  Ashford Pediatric Associates Sugar Land, TexasUpcoming Local Events2012-05-26
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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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