Department of Pediatrics, Calcutta Medical Research Institute, Kolkata, West Bengal.
Department of Pediatrics, Calcutta Medical Research Institute, Kolkata, West Bengal. Correspondence to: Dr Saugata Acharyya, Senior Consultant and Head, Department of Pediatrics, Calcutta Medical Research Institute, Kolkata 700 027, West Bengal.
Indian Pediatr. 2022 Apr 15;59(4):287-289. Epub 2022 Jan 9.
To study the social, demographic and clinical profile of functional constipation (FC) in children.
A cross-sectional study was performed in a tertiary-care hospital to assess prevalence and profile of functional constipation among children (1-18 years) using Rome IV diagnostic criteria.
Children with FC constituted 5.56% (87/1565) of hospital attendees. 64.4% were between 2-6 years old and 48.3% had a past history of use of laxatives. Painful defecation was the commonest (62.1%) presenting symptom, while avoidance to school toilet was the commonest (25.3%) precipitating factor. Fecal impaction was present in 70.1% children.
Functional constipation was the commonest cause of constipation, and a majority of these children had associated fecal impaction.
研究儿童功能性便秘(FC)的社会、人口统计学和临床特征。
在一家三级保健医院进行了一项横断面研究,使用罗马 IV 诊断标准评估儿童(1-18 岁)功能性便秘的患病率和特征。
功能性便秘患儿占就诊患儿的 5.56%(87/1565)。64.4%的患儿年龄在 2-6 岁之间,48.3%有使用泻药的既往史。最常见的临床表现为排便疼痛(62.1%),最常见的诱发因素为避免使用学校厕所(25.3%)。70.1%的患儿存在粪块嵌塞。
功能性便秘是便秘最常见的原因,其中大多数患儿存在相关的粪块嵌塞。