"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...
- 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 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...
- Dec 7, 2023
A Japanese Twist on Bedwetting Treatment: Olive Oil Enemas Plus Liquid Glycerin
By Steve Hodges, M.D. I’m always on the lookout for better, faster ways to help children resolve encopresis (chronic poop accidents) and...
- Oct 29, 2023
Miralax Safety, X-rays for Constipation, and Laxative Timing: Enuresis and Encopresis Q&A
By Steve Hodges, M.D. Is Miralax safe to take for short periods? Should my child be x-rayed for constipation? What’s the best timing for...
- Oct 21, 2023
Why Miralax Clean-Outs Fail
By Steve Hodges, M.D. The other day I had a routine colonoscopy — fun stuff! The “bowel prep” gave me an opportunity to empathize with my...
- Jun 16, 2023
The Real Reason Potty Accidents Happen
By Steve Hodges, M.D. I don’t have time to comment on every grossly misleading article about bedwetting or potty accidents, but some...
- Mar 7, 2023
Enuresis and Encopresis Are Not “Mental Disorders.” Let’s Remove Them from the DSM-5.
By Steve Hodges, M.D. Let’s say an elderly man wets his pants at the park or wets his bed. Or both. Let’s say this keeps happening. Would...
- Feb 14, 2023
Emma and the E Club, Book for Kids, Tackles Enuresis and Encopresis with "humor and intelligence"
By Steve Hodges, M.D. A few years back, a mom in our private Facebook support group posted a short video of her 8-year-old daughter,...
- Jan 23, 2023
Getting Your Constipated Child Off the Miralax Merry-Go-Round
By Steve Hodges, M.D. Worldwide, the medical profession overwhelmingly has one answer to chronic constipation: PEG 3350, sold as Miralax...
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