Neurogastroenterology and Motility Program
Children can be born with a motility disorder or develop one later. Some motility disorders are caused by a problem with the child’s anatomy or by another medical condition. Others are caused by poor habits learned during potty training.
The Neurogastroenterology and Motility Program team evaluates and treats children with a wide range of motility disorders and conditions that affect motility. These include:
- Abdominal pain
- Achalasia
- Anorectal malformations
- Chronic constipation
- Dysphagia
- Esophageal atresia
- Esophageal strictures: Abnormal narrowing of the passageway that connects the throat to the stomach
- Fecal incontinence (“encopresis”)
- Gastroesophageal reflux (GERD)
- Gastroparesis: Delayed emptying of the stomach
- Hirschsprung disease
- Neurogenic bowel: Loss of normal bowel function
- Intestinal pseudo-obstruction: When intestinal nerve or muscle problems prevent food, fluid and air from moving through the GI tract