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Max kings i- human case study cc; leaking stool
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Max kings i- human case study cc; leaking stool
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HPI
Max King is a 4- z z z z
years Old Caucasian male child visited the clinic with his father with a complaint of leaking stools in
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his underwear for the past 3-
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weeks. Father states that his child had intermittent abdominal pain for 2 years and had experienced ha
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rd stools as well. He also reported that his child started having watering stools, 2-
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3 times in a day for the past 3-
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weeks. He went further to explained that the abdominal pain usually starts after eating and gets better
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a few minutes.
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According to max’s father, he states that his son is picky eater, and do not eat vegetables or healthy.
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Max is known to love eating fried food and dessert, drink three cups of milks in a day, and do not drin
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k enough water.
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The father mentioned that max is potty trained, and he denies nausea or vomiting, fever, bleeding wit
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h defecation, and headache. He reported of straining when defecating.
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Physical examination revealed a diffuse tenderness to palpation of the abdomen.
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Treatment/Management Plan z
Primary Diagnosis: Encopresis and ICD-10 code: F98.1
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• Encopresis sometimes called stool soiling can been defined as an intentional or involuntary
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movement of stools into the underwear or clothing. It usually occurs in toilet trained childre
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n with developmental age that is greater or equals to 4 years. The child usual resist defecatio
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n which causes feces to be impacted in the colon leading to constipation, and later followed
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by leaking watery stool (Colombo et al., 2017).
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In most cases, it happens because a child has a chronic constipation. Some of the symptoms i
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nclude the need to have a bowel movement with little or no warning, lose or watery stool, lea
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kage of stool into the underwear, intermittent abdominal pain, constipation, avoiding defec
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ation, and urinary tract infections.z z z z
In this case Max has all the symptoms of encopresis, and both the subjective and objective d
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ata supported the diagnosis with the abdominal x-
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ray that showed impacted large stools in the colon.
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Differential Diagnosis z
• Celiac disease – z z
K90.0: This is a genetic autoimmune reaction to eating gluten, a proteinfound in wheat, ba
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(Wolters Kluwer Health., 2016). Some of the symptoms includes diarrhea, constipation, na
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usea, vomiting, and weight loss. Max had diarrhea, constipation but there is no report of we
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ightloss, nausea, vomiting, or eating any food that has gluten. The text did to rule
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out, were negative for celiac disease. So, celiac disease is not the primary diagnosis.
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• Hypothyroidism-
E03.9: This is a condition whereby the thyroid gland do not produce enough of thyroid hor
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mones. Some of the symptoms are fatigue, constipation, and dry skin. Though, max has had
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constipation, but never complain of fatigue or skin dryness, and thyroid function test where
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negative. So, we rule out hypothyroidism as the primary.
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• Constipation-
zK59.00: dissatisfying excretion of feces mark by infrequent stools, difficult stool passage o
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r both. Some of the characteristics include less three bowel movements a week, hard stools,
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excessive straining, prolonged time spent on the toilet, a
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sense of incomplete evacuation, hard or small stools, difficulty passing feces, and abdomina
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l discomfort, such as pain, and bloating. This seems to be the diagnosis but based on the subj
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ect and objective information gathered constipation only do not soil pants and underwear. T
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his should be a supporting diagnosis.
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Additional Laboratory and diagnostic tests:
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• UA/Urine culture to check for UTI/glucosuria. z z z z z
• Thyroid function tests: hypothyroidism z z z
• Abdominal x- z
ray to check for stool impaction: Result showing a large amount of stool filling the rectum
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and sigmoid colon.
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• Antigliadin antibodies (IgA, IgE, IgG): Use to diagnosed celiac disease.
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• Electrolyte panel including calcium to check for hypokalemia, hypercalcemia, or h
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yperglycemia.
Consults/Referrals.
• Nutritionist for dietary management. z z z
• Counseling, and behavioral therapy may be considered due to parents’ divorce which may be
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a contributing factor.
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Therapeutic Modalities z
Pharmacological management/treatment: z
• Dis-
impaction with polyethylene glycol. 1.5g/kg/day, orally, daily for 3 days, and mainte
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nance dose of 0.8g/kg/day orally, daily, for six months.
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Non-Pharmacological management: z
• Dietary changes by eating enough vegetables, eating healthier and drinking adequate w
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ater until he sets up his regular bowel movement.
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• Continuation of toilet training until the successful maintenance of a regular bowel m
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ovement.
• Eating high fiber diet, fresh fruits, and fluid intake of 2000 to 3000ml/day if not con
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traindicated.
• Being physical active
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Health Promotion:
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• Early childhood is a time the parents should start to set up healthful eating patterns for the chil
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