FAQs1: My younger son who is 6 years old still wets the bed at night three to four times in a week whereas the elder son, who is now 9 years old, stopped bedwetting when he was 2.5 years. I am really ashamed talking about it but it is a real problem especially when he has to stay overnight at some other place. What is this condition? Is my child an exception? Why does he have it?
I understand your concern and sense of embarrassment. It is good that you are asking for professional guidance. Several parents feel hesitant in discussing this issue:
The condition wherein a child whose age is >5 years and has discrete episodes of urinary incontinence during sleep (does not wake up to void and passes urine in the bed) is called enuresis.
Enuresis in children without any other lower urinary tract symptoms (e.g., increased frequency, daytime incontinence, urgency, genital or lower urinary tract pain) and without a history of bladder dysfunction is known as monosymptomatic enuresis.
The children with daytime urinary symptoms along with enuresis are said to have bladder dysfunction.
Enuresis in children who have never achieved a satisfactory period of dryness is called primary enuresis, and one that develops after a dry period of at least 6 months is called secondary enuresis. Most of the children presenting to the pediatrician have isolated monosymptomatic primary enuresis
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Enuresis and Encopresis
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