Aren't Enemas "Extreme"? Q&A on Constipation, Bedwetting, and a 14-year-old with Poop Accidents
By Steve Hodges, M.D. How do you know if constipation is actually the cause of your child’s enuresis/encopresis or whether the accidents...
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Jun 2, 2022
Autism and Chronic Constipation: This New York Times Article is Exactly What I’m Talking About
By Steve Hodges, M.D. The other day I read with interest a New York Times article titled “Sabrina’s Parents Love Her. But the Meltdowns...
May 4, 2022
Enema and Ex-Lax "Dependence": Questions About Weaning Your Constipated Child
By Steve Hodges, M.D. Among parents of children with enuresis or encopresis, a common fear is that their child will become “dependent” on...
Mar 16, 2022
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...
Feb 27, 2022
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...
Feb 20, 2022
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...
Jan 29, 2022
Autism and Constipation: Can Constipation Cause Potty Training Accidents?
"Bedwetting, daytime wetting, poop accidents, and delayed potty training are all written off as part of autism," Dr. Hodges tells Dr....
Jan 29, 2022
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:...
Oct 4, 2021
Family Looking Up: Bedwetting Breakthrough
In this straight-shooting interview, Dr. Hodges tells the Family Looking Up moms why the "bedwetting gene" is a fallacy, why parents...
Oct 4, 2021
About That "Bedwetting Gene"
By Steve Hodges, M.D., Does bedwetting run in families? If so, does that mean there’s a "bedwetting gene”? Does it mean families should...
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