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Digestive & GastrointestinalSevere
Hirschsprung Disease
Pediatric Surgery · Digestive & Gastrointestinal
Severe
Severity
Uncommon — affects approximately 1 in 5,000 live births, more common in boys
Prevalence
No
Contagious
Pediatric Surgery
Specialist
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🤒Common Symptoms
Failure to pass the first stool (meconium) within 48 hours of birthabdominal swelling and distensionvomitingparticularly if bile-stainedchronic constipation from birthpoor feeding and weight gainin older children who go undiagnosed as infantssevere chronic constipation with an enlarged abdomenfever and signs of infection if a serious complication called enterocolitis develops
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