The Psychological Effects of Bed-wetting, Daytime Urinary and Fecal Incontinence
The Psychological Effects of Bed-wetting, Daytime Urinary and Fecal Incontinence By Dawn Sandalcidi, PT, RCMT, BCB-PMD A regular referring pediatrician called me one morning to tell me about an 11-year-old boy who hung himself secondary to fecal incontinence and persistent teasing by his siblings and peers. Her comment to me was “If his parents only knew about the services you offer this child’s life may have been spared.” That was over 10 years ago and to this day I still get emotional just thinking about it. Children who suffer from constipation with or without encopresis (fecal incontinence), daytime [...]
