Definition
Encopresis is defined as the voluntary or involuntary passage of stools (feces) in inappropriate places causing soiling of clothes by a child aged four or over.
It is also know as overflow incontinence, bowel incontinence, soiling, fecal soiling and fecal incontinence.
Encopresis affects 1 to 3 percent of children and these cases are split into two types,
- Retentive encopresis
and
- Non-retentive encopresis
