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Urination - bed wetting
Definition:
Nighttime urinary incontinence in children over age 5 or 6. Alternative Names:
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Considerations:
Most children who wet the bed have at least one parent or first degree relative who also had a problem with bed wetting. Knowing this often helps the child feel less stressed about the situation. Roughly 20% of children still wet their beds at age 5, only 5% do so by age 10, and 2% by age 15. Only 1 out of 100 childhood bed wetters continues to have a problem in adulthood. Common Causes:
Bed wetting is usually simply due to a delay in the maturation of the part of the nervous system that controls bladder function. It sometimes may be due to either psychological problems or medical disorders, such as a urinary tract infection, urinary tract abnormalities, or diabetes (diabetes mellitus or diabetes insipidus).
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