Constipation (peds)
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Background
Diagnosis
Differential Diagnosis
Pediatric Constipation
Infants
- Hirschsprung’s disease
- Congenital anorectal malformations
- Neurologic disorders
- Encephalopathy
- Spinal cord abnormalities: myelomeningocele, spina bifida, tethered cord
- Cystic fibrosis
- Metabolic causes
- Hypothyroidism
- Hypercalcemia
- Hypokalemia
- diabetes insipidus
- Heavy-metal poisoning
- Medication side effects
Children (older than 1 year)
- Functional constipation (>95% of cases)
- Organic causes
- Hirschsprung’s disease
- Metabolic causes
- Hypothyroidism
- Hypercalcemia
- Hypokalemia
- Diabetes insipidus
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Cystic fibrosis
- Gluten enteropathy
- Spinal cord trauma or abnormalities
- Neurofibromatosis
- Heavy-metal poisoning
- Medication side effects
- Developmental delays
- Sexual abuse
Pediatric Abdominal Pain
0–3 Months Old
- Emergent
- Nonemergent
3 mo–3 y old
- Emergent
- Nonemergent
3 y old–adolescence
- Emergent
- Nonemergent