Open AccessCHRONIC CONSTIPATION IN CHILDREN. AN UPDATE ON EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT
Author(s) -
Felicia Galoş,
Mihai Stoicescu,
Mihai Munteanu,
Gabriela Năstase,
Mălina Anghel,
Mihaela Bălgrădean
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
romanian journal of pediatrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2069-6175
pISSN - 1454-0398
DOI - 10.37897/rjp.2015.4.3
Subject(s) - encopresis , constipation , chronic constipation , medicine , epidemiology , functional constipation , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , physical therapy
Constipation is a common problem in childhood, with a children prevalence varying between 0.7% and 29.6%. Constipation is encountered in all pediatric age groups, with variably severity and duration, from mild and short to severe and chronic forms, with faecal impact and encopresis. This article review the epidemiological, clinical and therapeutically aspects of children constipation, functional in the majority of cases.