—Typically thought of as a pediatric concern, nocturnal enuresis also can affect adults, causing significant embarrassment and distress. Unlike in children, however, data about nocturnal enuresis in ...

Nocturnal enuresis is the medical term for involuntary urination while sleeping, but most parents refer to it as “bedwetting” or “wetting the bed.” Whatever the name, bedwetting is extremely common in ...

The authors note that nocturnal enuresis occurs in up to 10% of 10-year-old children and that boys have higher rates of enuresis at older ages than do girls. These events are stressful to children.

May 11, 2009 (Baltimore, Maryland) — Ibuprofen cuts episodes of nocturnal enuresis in half, according to a study presented here at the Pediatric Academic Societies 2009 Annual Meeting. Treatment with ...

Bed-wetting, also known as nocturnal enuresis, is a common issue faced by many children. While frustrating for parents and children, it’s important to remember that bed-wetting is rarely intentional ...

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Condition common up to age 7, and most kids outgrow it on their own by the time they are 12 Changing wet sheets and comforting an upset or embarrassed child isn’t fun for anyone in the middle of the ...

Conflicting data suggest that prevalence of monosymptomatic primary nocturnal enuresis (NE) increases with increasing severity of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in childhood and especially in girls. We ...

Children with nocturnal enuresis (NE) with a lower first-morning urine osmolality (Uosm) have higher treatment response rates, according to a study published in the September issue of Investigative ...

Several schemes have been proposed to classify nocturnal enuresis, but not all aid appropriate, effective clinical intervention. It has recently been proposed that this condition should be classified ...

A General Medical Practitioner, Dr. Samuel Adeolu, on Thursday, said bed-wetting among adults is a medical issue. Adeolu told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja that the phenomenon among adult ...

A couple of weeks ago, I saw a 5-year-old girl who was still wetting the bed every night. It’s a common complaint: at least 15 percent of healthy 5-year-olds are not reliably “dry” at night. And ...