Peppermint Oil as a Treatment for Children With Bladder and Bowel Dysfunction

Launched by CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF ORANGE COUNTY · Nov 4, 2022

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• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Children aged 8-17 years and weighing 30kg or more with non-neurogenic bladder and bowel dysfunction who have failed behavioral therapy. Behavioral therapy, or also termed standard urotherapy, is defined as encompassing the following components \[15\]: Information and demystification; instruction on avoidance of holding maneuvers, regular bowel habits, proper voiding posture; lifestyle advice encompassing balanced fluid intake and diet, diminished caffeine, regular bladder and bowel emptying patterns; registration of symptoms and voiding habits with bladder diaries or frequency-volume charts; support and encouragement via regular follow up with caregiver. Failure of behavioral therapy is defined as no symptomatology improvement after adherence to behavioral therapy after 6 weeks.
• • Participants must be able to swallow pills
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Patients with neurogenic bladder, tethered cord, Society of Fetal Urology grade 3-4 hydronephrosis, vesicoureteral reflux, learning disabilities, or those who have undergone surgical therapy for bladder and bowel dysfunction will be excluded.
• • Patients on medical therapy with oxybutynin within the last 30 days.
• • Patients with hiatal hernia, severe gastrointestinal reflux or gallbladder disorders or on medications for these conditions will be excluded.
• • Patient weighing less than 30 kg.