What you need to know about Nocturnal Enuresis
What is Nocturnal Enuresis?
Nocturnal enuresis is the medical term for bedwetting. The term enuresis is used to describe children who do not have voluntary control over their bladder.
What are the effects and signs?
Children are usually dry at night by 5 years. Because achieving dryness is variable and many children who are bedwetting at 5 and 6 will master control without medical intervention, diagnosis of nocturnal enuresis is not made until age 7
How is it assessed?
A careful history and physical examination will exclude most physical causes of enuresis such as …....
How is it treated and managed?
The majority of children aged 6 and under would be expected to become continent at night in the near future.
What evidence is available?
If the child is undergoing active management under the enuresis clinic the clinical specialist nurse is likely to be the best source
