Enuresis in the Army

Enuresis

شب ادراری اختلال شایعی در بین کودکان است، بطوریکه ۱۵ درصد کودکان پنج ساله، ۷ درصد کودکان هفت ساله و احتمالا یک درصد نوجوانان به آن مبتلا هستند. شب ادراری در مقایسه با برخی از اختلالات مزمن شایع، در بین کودکان، از اهمیت کمتری برخوردار است. برای بسیاری از کودکان، شب ادراری یک گرفتاری مصیبت بار است که به مخفی کاری، احساس گناه و کاهش اعتماد به نفس منتهی میشود. این احساس مصیبت ، به والدین نیز منتقل ...

Enuresis.

Goals & Objectives: Recognize and manage common developmental and behavioral conditions involving enuresis which generally do not require referral. • Describe diagnostic criteria, including differentiation of primary vs. secondary, and diurnal vs. nocturnal. • Identify conditions in the differential diagnosis of, as well as risk factors for, nocturnal enuresis • Perform assessment appropriate t...

The classification of enuresis.

During the past three years at Whipps Cross Hospital we have investigated 200 children suffering from enuresis. We define this condition as the involuntary voiding of urine by distinct acts of micturition. There are two elements here. The first, that the act is involuntary, may well be governed by psychological factors. But before a bladder will empty it must be filled, so it seemed important t...

Army Medical Service and the Army Estimates

Desmopressin in nocturnal enuresis.

The response of desamino-D-arginine vasopressin (DDAVP) was investigated in 32 enuretic children in a double-blind clinical study. The 15 children treated with DDAVP showed a significant reduction in the incidence of bed wetting--from 18.7 +/- 6.5 to 6.5 +/- 9.2 wet nights per 30 days. In 6 children bed wetting stopped entirely, in 6 there was a satisfactory response, and in 3 the response was ...