"My daughter literally leaked stool all day long": Doctors Get Encopresis Treatment All Wrong
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By Steve Hodges, M.D. If there’s one critical lesson I’ve learned in my 20+ years of medical practice, it’s this: Encopresis and enuresis...
- Apr 9
I’m a Pediatric Urologist. Political Talk of “Bedwetting” Harms My Patients.
By Steve Hodges, M.D. In my capacity as a pediatric urologist, I don’t have much to say about politics, except this: I wish political...
- Apr 6
Q&A With Dr. Hodges: Bedwetting Medication, Pooping Problems, Multi-M.O.P. and More
By Steve Hodges, M.D. In my clinic and my private Facebook support group, parents often ask: When will my child start pooping on their...
- Mar 24
To Help Bedwetting Children, We Need a New Definition of Constipation
By Steve Hodges, M.D. Recently I appeared as a guest on The Hamilton Review, a podcast hosted by Dr. Bob Hamilton, the affable...
- Mar 11
Why Some Kids Outgrow Bedwetting and Others Don’t
By Steve Hodges, M.D. Nearly every parent who walks into my clinic asks: “All my friends' kids outgrew bedwetting, so why hasn’t mine?” I...
- Mar 8
Is bedwetting worth treating? Are enemas necessary? Enuresis and Encopresis Q&A on with Dr. Steve Hodges
By Steve Hodges, M.D. Parents ask me excellent questions about treating enuresis and encopresis. If your child is struggling with...
- Feb 23
No, Cyberbullying Does Not Cause Teenage Bedwetting!
By Steve Hodges, M.D. On the subject of bedwetting, there’s a massive amount of false information floating around the universe. But I was...
- Feb 11
When Constipation Treatment Improves a Child's Behavior or Mood
By Steve Hodges, M.D. As a pediatric urologist, I know that aggressive constipation treatment resolves bedwetting, daytime wetting, poop...
- Jan 31
The "Wild West" Of Bedwetting Treatment: What Your Doctor Didn't Learn in Med School
By Steve Hodges, M.D. When my patients’ parents learn their child’s bedwetting is caused by chronic constipation, many are both relieved...
- Jan 14
Even Severe Constipation Goes Undiagnosed in Bedwetting Children. Here’s Why.
By Steve Hodges, M.D. Would you know if your child had chronic constipation? Would your child’s doctor? Would a researcher tracking your...
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