title: [Constipated children].
abstract: A large number of children suffer habitually from constipation, a problem which bears considerable repercussions on the physical and emotional well-being of the patient and causes tensions in their family environment. From 1996 to 1999, the authors studied the clinical and epidemiological data from patients in a Primary Health Care Pediatrics. Ward at which the main reason for consultation, or at least one of the main reasons, was chronic constipation. In this article, the authors evaluate the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of 68 children whose ages vary from 3 to 13 out of a total of 1368 who were diagnosed with functional constipation as well as the results obtained from a plan to assess, care for and treat these patients.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003248:Constipation / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans
vernacular_title: Niños con estreñimiento.