ENURESIS

Enuresis, or bedwetting is usually a disorder of childhood, but it is occasionally carried over into adulthood.  For a child, it's not only uncomfortable, it is also humiliating.

SYMPTOMS:

• Repeated bedwetting
• This goes on for at least three months
• Child is of an age to know that wetting the bed is not a good thing
• No psychological or medical reason can be found

TREATMENT

Behavior Training

• Training the bed wetter to urinate on a schedule during waking hours
• Restricting the fluid intake, especially near bedtime or in the evening.
• The use of an alarm set at specific times that wakes the bed wetter up so he can go to the bathroom.
• A special alarm that beeps to wake either the bed wetter, or in the case of a child, perhaps the parent, at the least sign of dampness.
• Seek out and eliminate any reasons for stress, at home, on the playground or at school.

Medication

• Imiparine (Tofranil) -  Reduces bladder sensitivity
• Oxybutynin Chloride (Ditropan) -  Anti-spasmodic

DDAVP - Reduces amount of fluid in the bladder during the night.

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ENURESIS

 Mommy! I Did It Again! The Bedwettiing Problem

How to Cope with Bedwetting

 Bedwetting (Enuresis)

 More Enuresis Resources

 


 

 

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