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Fecal retention

Fecal retention is a clinical finding in which a child resists bowel movements resulting in infrequent defecation, which then becomes larger and more painful.
Dr. Keegan Duchicela
Dr. Keegan Duchicelareviewed this
family medicine 16 years experience
How long it usually lasts:

Chronic (lasts years to lifelong)

Body locations

Buttock, Lower abdomen

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