Table of Contents
- Overview
- Symptoms
- Treatment
- Prevention
Soiling; Incontinence - stool
Symptoms
- Inability to retain feces (bowel incontinence)
- Passing stool in inappropriate places (generally in the child's clothes)
- Secretive behavior associated with bowel movements
- Constipation and hard stools
- Occasional passage of very large stool that almost blocks up the toilet
Signs and tests
Digital examination of the rectal area may show a fecal impaction. An
Review Date: 09/13/2009
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of
General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington
School of Medicine; Neil K. Kaneshiro, MD, MHA, Clinical Assistant
Professor of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of
Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director,
A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
