Encopresis is an elimination disorder that involves frequently having bowel movements in improper places at the age when bowel control is expected. It is also called “soiling” or “fecal incontinence.”

Description

By four years of age, most children are trained for bowel movements to toilet. After that, if inappropriate bowel movements occur continuously for several months, a child may be suffering with encopresis. Encopresis is either intentional or unintentional. Intentional soiling is related to several psychiatric disorders. Unintentional soiling occurs due to constipation.

Causes and symptoms

The only symptom of encopresis is that a child has bowel movements in wrong places, such as in clothing or on the floor. This soiling is not the result of laxatives or other medications, and is not due to a disability or physical defect in the bowel.
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