What You Didn't Know About Bedwetting, Encopresis, Constipation, and Miralax
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When I explain to parents that their child’s bedwetting and daytime accidents are caused by constipation — not an underdeveloped bladder, de
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- May 15
Q&A With Dr. Hodges: Teenage Bedwetting, Soiled Underwear, and X-rays for Constipation
Poop smears, aka “skid marks,” aren’t caused by a failure to use toilet paper; rather, they signal the child’s rectum is harboring stool an
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!["My daughter literally leaked stool all day long": Doctors Get Encopresis Treatment All Wrong](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f60b68_d9295b0e64f846d283263729ffd9dae8~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_223,h_167,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/f60b68_d9295b0e64f846d283263729ffd9dae8~mv2.jpg)
- Apr 13
"My daughter literally leaked stool all day long": Doctors Get Encopresis Treatment All Wrong
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...
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- 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...
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- 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...
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- 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...
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- 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...
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- 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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- 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...
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- Sep 14, 2023
The Problem with Preschool Potty Training Deadlines
By Steve Hodges, M.D. It's not unusual for preschools to set potty-training deadlines and then issue ultimatums to parents when a child...
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