Chronic Constipation in Children Among School Children is Assuit University Children Hospital

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

Inclusion Criteria:school age children 4:18 years old -

Exclusion Criteria: neonates and younger than 4years children

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