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Urination - Bed Wetting


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Alternate Names : Enuresis

Definition

Nighttime urinary incontinence in children over age 5 or 6.

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Overview & 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.

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Review Date : 5/21/2002
Reviewed By : Elizabeth Hait, M.D., Department of Pediatrics, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

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