True statements about congeniatal megacolon include all of the following except:
Ans is 'd' i.e. large stool S. Das writes - "The symptoms appear within 3 days of bih and the presenting features are as follows: i) Constipation ii) Abdominal distention" Nelson writes - "The clinical symptoms of Hirschprung disease usually begin at bih with the delayed passage of meconium." Loud borborygmi is heard due to intestinal obstruction. About stool Nelson writes ? "The stools when passed may consist of small pelletes, may be ribbon-likel or may have fluid consistency; the large stools and fecal soiling of patients with functional constipation are absent." Also know - a large fecal mass may be palpable in the left lower abdomen, but on rectal examination the rectum is usually empty of feces (feces in rectum are found in functional constipation).
Dilatation & hyper trophy of pelvic colon
Loud borborygmi
Symptoms appear with in 3 days following bih
Large stool