PEDIATRICS Vol. 77 No. 6 June 1986, pp. 933
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Constipation

DOOLEY CHEN MD1 and BRADLEY SULLIVAN MD1

1 Department of Pediatrics, Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, WI 54449

To the Editor.—

Among the frequently encountered problems of a general or referral pediatrician are constipation and/or encopresis. We recently had a patient who presented with a chief complaint of increased stooling pattern, the cause of which may be an acceptable addition to the therapeutic modalities applied to constipated children.

A 10-year-old boy, previously in good health, was brought in because his stool pattern had changed in the past 4 months. He was an individual who, prior to the change, went unnoticed as to his bowel habit.