ArticleBMJ case reports2021
Recognition and management of bladder bowel dysfunction in children with autism spectrum disorder.
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- Psychological and Psychiatric Issues in Functional Constipation, Fecal Incontinence and Bladder and Bowel Dysfunction-A Revised and Updated Document of the International Children's Continence Society (ICCS).Neurourology and urodynamics · 2026Review
- Associations of Autistic Traits and Autism with Incontinence and Constipation in a UK Birth Cohort.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Functional Magnetic Stimulation in the Management of Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction in Children with Asperger Syndrome: A Case Report.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Pediatric Voiding Dysfunction: Definitions and Management.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Review
- Case report: Case series of urinary retention in young adults with severe autism hospitalized for behavioral crisis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
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Abstract
Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) with rigidities, anxiety or sensory preferences may establish a pattern of holding urine and stool, which places them at high risk of developing bladder bowel dysfunction (BBD). BBD, despite being common, is often unrecognised in children with ASD. With this case report of a 7-year-old girl with ASD presenting with acute retention of urine, we attempt to understand the underlying factors which may contribute to the association between BBD and ASD. Literature review indicates a complex interplay of factors such as brain connectivity changes, maturational delay of bladder function, cognitive rigidities and psychosocial stressors in children with ASD may possibly trigger events which predispose some of them to develop BBD. Simple strategies such as parental education, maintaining a bladder bowel diary and treatment of constipation may result in resolution of symptoms.
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