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Bedwetting
Also called: Enuresis
Many children wet the bed until they are 5 or even older. A child's bladder might be too small. Or the amount of urine produced overnight can be more than the bladder can hold. Some children sleep too deeply or take longer to learn bladder control. Children should not be punished for wetting the bed. They don't do it on purpose, and most outgrow it. Until then, bed-wetting alarms, bladder training and medicines might help.
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What I Need to Know about My Child's Bedwetting
(National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse)
- Also available in Spanish
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What I Need to Know about My Child's Bedwetting
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Overviews
- Bed-Wetting(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Enuresis (Bed-Wetting)(American Academy of Family Physicians)
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Urinary Incontinence in Children(National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
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Latest News
- Health Tip: If Your Older Child Wets the Bed(08/02/2012, HealthDay)
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Treatment
- Medications to Treat Bed-Wetting(National Kidney Foundation)
- Products for Children with Enuresis and Daytime Urinary Incontinence(National Kidney Foundation)
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Disease Management
- Directions for Your Child When Using a Bed-Wetting Alarm(National Kidney Foundation)
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Specific Conditions
- How to Explain Bed-Wetting to Your Child(National Kidney Foundation)
- Secondary Nocturnal Enuresis(National Kidney Foundation)
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Related Issues
- Skin Rashes Due to Bed-Wetting(National Kidney Foundation)
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Clinical Trials
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Enuresis(National Institutes of Health)
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Nocturnal Enuresis(National Institutes of Health)
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Enuresis
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National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
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National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse(National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
- National Kidney Foundation
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National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
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Children
- Bedwetting(Nemours Foundation)
- Bedwetting: Glossary for Kids(National Kidney Foundation)
- Questions Kids Ask(National Kidney Foundation)
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Teenagers
- Bedwetting (Nocturnal Enuresis)(Nemours Foundation)
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Adults
- Adult Bed-Wetting: A Concern?(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Adult Nocturnal Enuresis(National Association for Continence)
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Patient Handouts
- Bedwetting
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- Urination - bed wetting
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