Constipation in Children
What is constipation?
Constipation is a condition in which bowel movements occur less frequently than usual or stools tend to be hard, dry, and difficult and painful to pass.
Constipation is common in children and is usually without long-term consequences; however, it can diminish a child's quality of life, cause emotional problems, and create family stress. Rarely, constipation is a sign of a more serious health problem.
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- Abdominal Adhesions
- Alagille Syndrome
- Anal and Rectal Problems
- Anatomic Problems of the Colon
- Appendicitis
- Autoimmune Hepatitis
- Bacteria and Foodborne Illness
- Barrett's Esophagus
- Basics
- Biliary Atresia
- Bleeding in the Digestive Tract
- Bowel and Intestines
- Bowel Diversion Surgeries
- Celiac Disease
- Children and Digestive Problems
- Chronic Hepatitis C
- Cirrhosis
- Cirrhosis (Primary Biliary)
- Collagenous Colitis
- Colonoscopy
- Colostomy
- Constipation
- Constipation in Children
- Continent Ileostomy
- Crohn's Disease
- Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome
- Delayed Gastric Emptying (Gastroparesis)
- Dermatitis Herpetiformis
- Diagnostic Tests
- Diarrhea
- Digestion (normal)
- Diverticulosis and Diverticulitis
- Duodenal Ulcers
- Dyspepsia
- Endoscopy
- ERCP
- Esophagus
- Fecal Incontinence
- Flatulence
- Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
- Food Poisoning
- Foodborne Illness
- Gallbladder
- Gallstones
- Gas, Heartburn, and Indigestion
- Gas in the Digestive Tract
- Gastritis
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
- Gastroesophageal Reflux in Children and Adolescents
- Gastroesophageal Reflux in Infants
- Gastroparesis
- H. pylori and Peptic Ulcer
- Heartburn
- Hemochromatosis
- Hemorrhoids
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- Hepatitis
- Hernia
- Hiatal Hernia
- Hirschsprung Disease
- Ileoanal Reservoir Surgery
- Ileostomy
- Incontinence, Fecal
- Indigestion
- Inguinal Hernia
- Intestinal Adhesions
- Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Children
- Lactose Intolerance
- Liver
- Liver Biopsy
- Liver Transplantation
- Lower GI Series
- Lymphocytic Colitis
- Menetrier Disease
- Milk, Problems Digesting
- Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)
- NSAIDs and Peptic Ulcers
- Ostomy
- Pancreas
- Pancreatitis
- Peptic Ulcers
- Porphyria
- Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC)
- Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
- Proctitis
- Pseudo-Obstruction
- Rapid Gastric Emptying
- Short Bowel Syndrome
- Sigmoidoscopy
- Smoking and Your Digestive System
- Stomach
- Stomach Ulcers
- Tests
- Ulcerative Colitis
- Ulcers
- Upper GI Endoscopy
- Viral Gastroenteritis
- Viral Hepatitis: A through E and Beyond
- Virtual Colonoscopy
- What I need to know about Constipation
- What I need to know about Hirschsprung Disease
- Whipple's Disease
- Why does milk bother me? (lactose intolerance)
- Wilson Disease
- Your Digestive System and How It Works
- Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome
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