CONSTIPATION: ITS NATURE AND DIAGNOSIS

Childhood autism: its diagnosis, nature, and treatment.

Leo Kanner,I although not the first to describe this serious and intriguing developmental disorder of early childhood,2 so precisely captured its essential features that the clinical account of his first 11 cases has never been bettered. The salient characteristics he mentioned were an 'extreme autistic aloneness' from the beginning of life, delay and abnormality in language acquisition with ec...

Chronic Constipation and Its Complications

Background. Fecalomas are hard dense masses separate from surrounding fecal material or bowel contents. This case report intends to provide a brief review of the literature and differential diagnosis for a pelvic mass in a pediatric patient. Case Presentation. The patient is a 5-year-old male presenting with worsening constipation and stool leakage over several months, found to have a rare calc...

Gastric Hyperacidity (Hyper-Chlorhydria): Its Nature, Diagnosis, and Treatment

CURRENT TOPIC Childhood autism : its diagnosis , nature , and treatment

Leo Kanner,I although not the first to describe this serious and intriguing developmental disorder of early childhood,2 so precisely captured its essential features that the clinical account of his first 11 cases has never been bettered. The salient characteristics he mentioned were an 'extreme autistic aloneness' from the beginning of life, delay and abnormality in language acquisition with ec...

Diagnosis of Constipation in Children

Constipation is a frequent reason for consulting a pediatrician. As a symptom, constipation can be due to various etiologies in terms of frequency, nature and seriousness. Constipation may be of medical or surgical origin or idiopathic. Surgical etiologies are mainly represented by Hirschsprung’s disease. It is the main differential diagnosis even if it is 50 times less frequent than idiopathic...