Chronic Constipation in Children Clinical Trial
Official title:
A Study on Chronic Constipation Etiology and Risk Factors Among School Age Children in Assuit University Children Hospital
Aim of the work to show rate of constipation among school age children in Assuit University Children Hospital
Childhood constipation is a frequently overlooked global health problem, which is developing
in a public health issue in many parts of the world.(1) Constipation is one of the commonest
digestive complaints in children(2) Constipation has long been considered a symptom, rather
than a disease(3)
It is often perceived as infrequent motions or passage of hard stools. Some defined
constipation as less than 3 bowel motions per week)4(
or as difficulty in passing stools (5) Approximately 0.5% of school children have defecation
frequency less than 3 per week and 0.3% have fecal incontinence(6) Furthermore, 20% of
children also have at least 1 clinical feature of constipation.7 Therefore, it is important
to use diagnostic criteria based on multiple symptoms to define constipation
;