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Encopresis Learning Center
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Encopresis is the voluntary or involuntary passage of stools in a child who has been toilet trained (typically over age 4), which causes the soiling of clothes. See also: Bowel incontinence
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Repeated involuntary or inappropriate bowel movement in children age four or older. Encopresis is defined as repeated involuntary defecation somewhere other than a toilet by a child age four or older that continues for at least one month. Soiling,...
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Encopresis is an elimination disorder that involves repeatedly having bowel movements in inappropriate places after the age when bowel control is normally expected. Encopresis is also called "soiling" or "fecal incontinence."
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Encopresis is defined as repeated involuntary defecation somewhere other than a toilet by a child age four or older that continues for at least one month.
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