16 Yr Old Girl Dies After Witholding Poop For 2 Weeks

An autistic teenager with a phobia of using toilets died
from a heart attack caused by constipation after going
eight weeks without a bowel movement, an inquest
heard today.
Emily Titterington, 16, of St Austell, Cornwall, would
often withhold her stools for up to two months – and
eventually her bowel grew so large it compressed her
chest cavity and displaced other organs.
The inquest in Truro heard how her life could have
been saved with appropriate treatment – but she had
refused to be medically examined.
Home Office pathologist Dr Amanda Jeffery said her
symptoms were in keeping with a condition known as
‘stool withholding’, which is more frequent in children.
A post-mortem examination revealed that Emily had a
‘massive extension of the large bowel’, Daily Mail
reports.