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Article: Behavioral therapy doesn't help in constipation.(Clinical Rounds)(Clinical report)
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- Pediatric News
- Article date:
- July 1, 2007
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MILWAUKEE -- Intensive behavioral therapy with laxatives is no better than conventional therapy in the treatment of childhood constipation, data from a randomized controlled trial show.
Little is known about the effectiveness of behavioral therapy in the treatment of constipation, although it is thought that learned behavior plays a role in the development of constipation, Dr. Marc Benninga reported at an international symposium sponsored by the International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders.
Children may consciously or unconsciously contract their pelvic and gluteal muscles when they feel the urge to defecate. Physiologically, the ...