Potty Training Concepts has a whole section on encopresis, including causes of non retentive encopresis and treatment
of encopresis.
As stated at the end of the retentive encopresis article, the remaining 5 to 20 %
of encopresis cases have no physical condition that bars normal toileting behaviors.
The main symptom
of encopresis is that the child has bowel movements in inappropriate places, such as in clothing or on the floor.
Not exact matches
If a pediatrician makes a diagnosis
of retentive
encopresis, the physician may recommend laxatives, stool softeners and / or an enema to remove the fecal impaction.
However, a minute percentage
of cases that seem to be non-retentive
encopresis do have medical causes, such as:
Retentive
Encopresis frequently results from chronic constipation, which over time results in fecal impaction and in leakage
of soft or liquid stool accumulated around the impacted stool or feces.
Encopresis is defined as the voluntary or involuntary passage
of stools (feces) in inappropriate places causing soiling
of clothes by a child aged four or over.
Encopresis is usually caused by having a large, hard stool that is impacted in the rectum, leading to stool that has to pass around it and eventually leaks out
of the dilated rectum without the child being aware that it is happening.
These children can often have
encopresis, with the involuntary leakage
of small amounts
of soft or watery stools into their underwear.
Avoiding bowel movements because
of pain, which causes impacted stool to collect in the colon and rectum and leak out (
encopresis)
I'm not sleeping, I can't hold on to staff, I've got a nonverbal violent woman with an IQ
of 36, a 7 foot tall man with gigantism, a man with pica, synesthesia, and
encopresis, a woman with Prader - Willi and with intermittent explosive disorder, a Down Syndrome man who mumbles and I can't understand at all, and a woman who is catatonic.»
My Child is dealing with (Select One) Adjustment Disorder Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse (AODA) Antisocial Personality Disorder Anxiety Disorder Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Autism Spectrum Disorder Behavioral Disorders Bipolar Disorder Borderline Intellectual Functioning Conduct Disorder Depressive Disorder Developmental Disability Enuresis /
Encopresis Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorder (FASD) Gender Identity Disorder Impulse Control Disorder Intermittent Explosive Disorder Major Depression with Psychotic Features Mild Mental Retardation Mood Disorder Obsessive - Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) Personality Disorders Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Psychotic Disorder Reactive Attachment Disorder Schizoaffective Disorder Schizophrenia Seizure Disorder Sexual Behavior - Problematic Sexually Reactive Victim
of Abuse (Sexual, Physical, and / or Emotional) Youth Who Have Sexually Reactive Behaviors
I work with a variety
of issues including, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), anxiety, depression, behavior disorders, trauma, bedtime struggles, as well as enuresis and
encopresis.»
An absolutely charming 1987 lecture where Michael White discusses the history
of how he ended up working with and establishing his practice ideas with children suffering with pseudo
encopresis.
This includes aggression towards themselves, stealing, lying, and abuse
of siblings, peers, and pets and may be marked with late age bed wetting, enuresis, on
encopresis.
Careful assessment
of children is necessary as a proportion (a third in this trial) have coexistent psychiatric diagnoses, such as the hyperkinetic syndrome, post-traumatic stress disorder, and
encopresis, that require additional treatment.
Disruptive, maladaptive behaviors such as aggression, anxiety, depression, hyperactivity, autism spectrum, attachment, enuresis,
encopresis, defiance, tantrums and general anti-social behavior including a wide range
of diagnoses and also include developmental delays
Play therapy has been widely researched as an effective and developmentally appropriate method for working with children dealing with the following types
of concerns, among others: depression, grief and loss, social adjustment problems, speech difficulties, trauma, hospitalization, reading difficulties, selective mutism, enuresis and
encopresis problems, fear and anxiety, abuse and neglect, aggression / acting out behaviors, attachment difficulties, autism, chronic illness and disability, and parental separation or divorce.