As a pediatric urologist, I treat children of all ages with a variety of toileting difficulties, including bedwetting, daytime wetting, encopresis (poop accidents), chronic urinary tract infections, ...

One of the most common health problems in children is constipation. However, before you give them any medications, try these home remedies to relieve constipation in kids naturally. If you are ...

If you’ve been there, you know that big-gun pain relievers can come with unwelcome side effects. At the top of the list for many of these products are constipation and the distress of slowed bowels.

Symptoms may include difficulty passing stools and passing hard, lumpy, or dry stools less than twice a week. Constipation in children can happen for various reasons. This article looks at symptoms, ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - There's some evidence that fiber supplements may help children with chronic constipation, but little support for other non-drug remedies, a new research review concludes.

Big-gun pain relievers can come with unwelcome side effects. At the top of the list for many of these products are constipation and the distress of slowed bowels.

The use of physiotherapy to retrain the pelvic floor musculature reduces functional constipation in children above and beyond standard medical treatment, according to results from a multicenter ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded the indication for linaclotide (Linzess) to children as young as age 6 years with functional constipation, making it the first approved treatment ...

(Reuters Health) – Child-rearing practices and attitudes could be contributing factors when kids have chronic constipation issues, according to a new study from the Netherlands. "Stool-withholding and ...

The FDA approved an oral suspension product that combines omeprazole and sodium bicarbonate (Konvomep) to treat benign active gastric ulcers and reduce the risk of upper gastrointestinal bleeds in ...