
schlos1
- Mar 16
- 7 min
What Preschool Potty Accidents and Teenage Bedwetting Have in Common (Spoiler Alert: Everything)
By Steve Hodges, M.D. A 3-year-old who wets her underwear at preschool every day. A 4-year-old who pees constantly. A kindergartener with...
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schlos1
- Mar 7
- 18 min
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...
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schlos1
- Feb 27
- 6 min
Olive Oil Enemas for Childhood Constipation: An Old-School Treatment Gets Scientific Validation
By Steve Hodges, M.D. Some years ago, I began recommending olive oil enemas as part of a treatment regimen for intractably constipated...
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schlos1
- Feb 20
- 13 min
Children with Encopresis and Enuresis Deserve the Best Treatment, But Most Aren't Getting It
By Steve Hodges, M.D. Back in 1985, when I was in middle school and Foreigner was huge, a team of Maryland physicians published a study...
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schlos1
- Jan 29
- 9 min
Frustrated by Your Child's “Potty Refusal” or "Lying" About Accidents? It’s Physical, Not Behavioral
By Steve Hodges, M.D. As a pediatric urologist, I treat dozens of medical conditions, but only two seem to generate family tension:...
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schlos1
- Mar 1, 2021
- 5 min
No, "Lazy Parenting" Does Not Cause Potty Accidents — Constipation Does
Western Australia has done such a stellar job containing Covid-19 — the region of 2.8 million has recorded just 9 deaths — that the...
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schlos1
- Nov 8, 2020
- 5 min
Tired of Waiting for Your Child to Outgrow Bedwetting? Here’s What Works
Have you been told your child is sure to outgrow bedwetting or daytime accidents? That bedwetting is caused by an underdeveloped bladder,...
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By Steve Hodges, M.D.,
- Jan 8, 2020
- 8 min
A Doctor's Best Advice on Bedwetting and Poop Accidents
Two emails this week raised so many good questions — about limiting water before bedtime, waking a child overnight, staying hopeful in...
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By Steve Hodges, M.D.,
- Dec 11, 2018
- 8 min
“Early intervention is everything”: Don’t Wait to Treat Your Child for Enuresis or Encopresis
Doctors routinely dismiss bedwetting and daytime accidents as “normal,” assure parents their kids will outgrow the accidents, and...
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By Steve Hodges, M.D.,
- Jan 18, 2017
- 8 min
Encopresis: What Doctors Get Wrong
Little is more traumatizing for a kid than having poop accidents. My patients who struggle with bedwetting and pee accidents, at least...
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