Enuresis is defined as repeated, spontaneous voiding of urine during sleep in a child five years or older. It affects 5 to 7 million children in the United States. Primary nocturnal enuresis is caused by a disparity between bladder capacity and nocturnal urine production and failure of the child to awaken in response to a full bladder. Less commonly, enuresis is secondary to a medical, psycholo...

Nocturnal enuresis is a common and distressing condition for which many different treatments may be helpful.' Although general measures, including an energetic, confident, and sympathetic doctor, are of prime importance, the enuresis alarm is easily the most successful specific treatment available. Given the careful analyses of its use,' and the helpful advice that has been published about its ...

Background: Nocturnal enuresis is an important developmental problem for school age children and it can cause emotional and social problems for the child as well as family. Aim of the Study: The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of nocturnal enuresis in children aged 613 years of age in the study area, to investigate the risk factors associated with nocturnal enuresis and to...

Background “Enuresis “ also known as bedwetting or night-time incontinence is the inability to control urination during sleep [1,2]. Mono-symptomatic enuresis (MNE) is the only night-time incontinence and “not mono-symptomatic enuresis” (NMNE) is also the daytime urinary disorders. Bedwetting is a disorder that affects the development of children personality and interferes with social relations...

OBJECTIVE To investigate behavioral factors for predicting severity of nocturnal enuresis and compare response rates in different compliance groups of behavioral interventions. METHODS Three hundred eleven children diagnosed with nocturnal enuresis were enrolled. This study was conducted at Beijing Children's Hospital affiliated to the Capital Medical University from September 2016 to Decembe...

PURPOSE Although the relationship between enuresis and psychopathology has been studied intensively, little is known about the prevalence of specific psychiatric disorders. We investigate the prevalence of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children with nocturnal enuresis and correlate these data with clinical subtypes of enuresis/incontinence. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total o...

Nocturnal enuresis in children can at times be alleviated or resolved completely with surgery on the upper airway. We present a report of a 7-year-old boy in whom nocturnal enuresis began immediately after reconstructive surgery of the pharynx that caused upper airway obstruction. Enuresis diminished immediately and stopped following an adenoidectomy but resumed secondary to adenoid regrowth af...

BACKGROUND There is significant variability of the age at which children achieve dryness. OBJECTIVES We determine the age at achievement of micturational dryness and attitude of parents about enuresis among urban Nigerian children. METHOD A total of 346 questionnaires were administered to parents of children between the ages of 12 - 180 months who came for routine paediatric care at the out...

Nocturnal urinary continence is dependent on 3 factors: 1) nocturnal urine production, 2) nocturnal bladder function and 3) sleep and arousal mechanisms. Any child will suffer from nocturnal enuresis if more urine is produced than can be contained in the bladder or if the detrusor is hyperactive, provided that he or she is not awakened by the imminent bladder contraction. Urine production is re...