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<blockquote data-quote="Estherfromjerusalem" data-source="post: 185118" data-attributes="member: 77"><p>Hello Rob,</p><p></p><p>I don't post much these days, but encopresis is a subject that just goes straight to my heart because I had such problems with it.</p><p></p><p>You say your difficult child is 12 and a half. If his encopresis follows the usual course, you can be optimistic because with most cases it somehow seems to "vanish" at puberty. My difficult child, after being completely clean and dry, started with encopresis at the age of four and a half, and it just sort of vanished when he was 13 and a half, no rhyme or reason, it just vanished. I got wrong advice from my children's doctor, so I had to deal with it on my own and it was dreadful. My difficult child is 22 today, and quite obsessed with cleanliness.</p><p></p><p>The real reason I wrote here now is to tell you: Please take your son to a pediatric gastroenterologist. He has to be checked, at least once, just to make sure that there is no physical reason why he is pooping in his pants.</p><p></p><p>Just to put your mind at rest, usually encopresis is caused by constipation. It (encopresis) is not a disease. It is a condition that is caused by constipation. What caused the original constipation is another question, but what is relevant is that the constipation causes the child to become blocked up with poop, which then presses on the bowel and puts pressure on the nerve endings there, so that the child truly does not feel when he has to "go." The child also somehow develops a defense mechanism whereby he doesn't reall smell when he is smelly.</p><p></p><p>If you have specific questions, please do not hesitate to ask them. Encopresis is a very difficult condition to cope with, and you have my heartfelt empathy.</p><p></p><p>Hang in there!</p><p></p><p>Love, Esther</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Estherfromjerusalem, post: 185118, member: 77"] Hello Rob, I don't post much these days, but encopresis is a subject that just goes straight to my heart because I had such problems with it. You say your difficult child is 12 and a half. If his encopresis follows the usual course, you can be optimistic because with most cases it somehow seems to "vanish" at puberty. My difficult child, after being completely clean and dry, started with encopresis at the age of four and a half, and it just sort of vanished when he was 13 and a half, no rhyme or reason, it just vanished. I got wrong advice from my children's doctor, so I had to deal with it on my own and it was dreadful. My difficult child is 22 today, and quite obsessed with cleanliness. The real reason I wrote here now is to tell you: Please take your son to a pediatric gastroenterologist. He has to be checked, at least once, just to make sure that there is no physical reason why he is pooping in his pants. Just to put your mind at rest, usually encopresis is caused by constipation. It (encopresis) is not a disease. It is a condition that is caused by constipation. What caused the original constipation is another question, but what is relevant is that the constipation causes the child to become blocked up with poop, which then presses on the bowel and puts pressure on the nerve endings there, so that the child truly does not feel when he has to "go." The child also somehow develops a defense mechanism whereby he doesn't reall smell when he is smelly. If you have specific questions, please do not hesitate to ask them. Encopresis is a very difficult condition to cope with, and you have my heartfelt empathy. Hang in there! Love, Esther [/QUOTE]
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