Encopresis
Encopresis (en-ko-PREE-sis), sometimes called fecal incontinence or soiling, is the repeated passing of stool (usually involuntarily) into clothing. Typically it happens when impacted stool collects in the colon and rectum: the colon becomes too full and liquid stool leaks around the retained stool, staining underwear.
Cluster Number:
Wiki Number: W073
Diagnosis: Encopresis
US Patients:
World Patients: About 2%
Sex Ratio:
Age Onset: Age 4+
Brain Area:
Symptoms: leaking feces into underwear, not on a toilet; feces are unintentional or intentionally held and put outside the toilet
Progression:
Causes: constipation or surgery
Medications: stool softeners, enemas
Therapies: training to sit on the stool after meals; decrease dairy, bananas, cooked carrots; ncrease bran, fruits & vegetables
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- Neurodevelopmental predictors of treatment response in schizophrenia and bipolar disorderby Anton Iftimovici on October 15, 2024
CONCLUSIONS: Neurodevelopmental features such as NSS and age of clinical onset provide a means to identify patients who may require rapid treatment adaptation.
- Deep representation learning from electronic medical records identifies distinct symptom based subtypes and progression patterns for COVID-19 prognosisby Qiguang Zheng on August 1, 2024
CONCLUSION: This study has proposed a clinical meaningful approach by utilizing the deep representation learning and real-world EMR data containing symptom phenotypes to identify the COVID-19 subtypes and their progression patterns. The results would be potentially useful to help improve the precise stratification and management of acute infectious diseases.
- Bronchobiliary fistula after traumatic liver rupture: a case reportby Teng Zhou on June 23, 2024
CONCLUSION: Bronchobiliary fistula should be considered diagnostically in patients with known liver disease who also experience trauma or medical treatment and cough up bile-colored sputum, regardless of the presence of concurrent infections, and in conjunction with radiological expertise to identify it. Here, we report a case of bronchobiliary fistula and a brief review of the literature on it.
- Hinman Syndrome: A Rare Entity With Neurogenic Bladder-Like Symptomsby Sravani Gampala on May 14, 2024
Hinman syndrome, as is the case with many other rare conditions, is a disease very commonly under-considered or missed in the diagnosis of patients with the presenting symptoms. Clinical and radiographic manifestations of the condition are easily confused with neurogenic bladder without proper history collection and neurological examination. Patients typically present with symptoms including enuresis, urinary retention, reoccurring urinary tract infections, and encopresis. Imaging often shows...