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Dealing with Constipation – a common childhood problem
August 1, 2021
Constipation is common in young children and affects around one in ten children globally. 1 Only a small number of paediatric patients (5 %) that present with constipation have an underlying organic cause such as structural, neurologic, toxic, metabolic or intestinal disorders. 2 In the majority (95 %) of cases, there is no underlying organic cause and the constipation is functional. 3