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Children's of Alabama

Children's of Alabama
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www.childrensal.org
1600 7th Avenue South
Birmingham, AL 35233
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What's Encopresis?

Encopresis

Say: en-kuh-PREE-sis

Kids with encopresis have a bowel problem that dulls the normal urge to use the bathroom and they can't control the accidents that follow. When a kid is very constipated, some liquid stuff that seems like diarrhea might leak around the hard poop that hasn't come out yet. Treating constipation will make encopresis better.