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About St. Louis Children’s Hospital
Founded in 1879, St. Louis Children’s Hospital is one of the premier children’s hospitals in the United States. It serves not just the children of St. Louis, but children across the world. The hospital provides a full range of pediatric services to the St. Louis metropolitan area and a primary service region covering six states. As the pediatric teaching hospital for Washington University School of Medicine, the hospital offers nationally recognized programs for physician training and research.
St. Louis Children’s Hospital is committed to a mission of doing what’s right for kids. That means providing safe care, effective care, and exceptional service to every patient, every family, every day.
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Constipation is the abnormally delayed or infrequent passage of hard stools. Most children, and many adults, too, become constipated from time to time. Often, the duration is short; occasionally it persists for months, even years. Although constipation can be uncomfortable, may create worry, and sometimes seem serious, fortunately, it does not have long-term, troubling effects in most healthy children.
This 28-page booklet, published by the St Louis Children’s Hospital, and that you can download here, is designed to help you deal with childhood constipation by answering several questions and outlining management instructions for you to follow.