Occult constipation in children: An unaddressed problem of our day-to-day practice

Table 2 Symptomatic response after treatment, n (%)

Complaints	At diagnosis	At the 4th month of follow-up
Abdominal pain	266 (100)	6 (2.25)a
Anorexia	199 (100)	10 (5)a
Vomiting	97 (100)	8 (8.25)a
Nausea	69 (100)	8 (11.60)a
Frequent defecation	67 (100)	0 (00)a
Altered bowel habit	63 (100)	1 (1.59)a
Failure to thrive	57 (100)	0 (00)a
Recurrent helminthiasis	50 (100)	2 (4)a
Abdominal distension	36 (100)	2 (5.56)a
Fecal mass	32 (100)	2 (6.25)a
Itching anus	31 (100)	0 (0)a
Increased micturition	30 (100)	2 (6.67)a
Nocturnal enuresis	24 (100)	3 (12.50)a
Excessive crying at night	13 (100)	0 (0)
Straining during defecation with mucoid stool	12 (100)	0 (0)
Encopresis	12 (100)	1 (8.33)
Persistent diarrhea	10 (100)	0 (0)1
History of repeated diarrhea	8 (100)	0 (0)1
Acute diarrhea	3 (100)	0 (0)1
Per Rectal bleeding due to Solitary rectal ulcer syndrome	2(100)	0 (0)
Prolapse	1 (100)	0 (0)

^aP < 0.001, McNemar Test.

¹Diarrhea improved and no further episode during follow-up period.