Who is affected by bed-wetting (nocturnal enuresis)
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Who is affected by bed-wetting (nocturnal enuresis)
Bed-wetting is most common in younger children and is a normal part of developing bladder control until about age 5 or 6. The number of children who wet the bed decreases with age.
About 10% (7% boys, 3% girls) of 5-year-old children wet the bed.1 From age 5 on, about 15% of children who wet the bed become dry each year.2 By age 18 years, bed-wetting is extremely rare in females and is estimated to occur in about 1% of males.1
References
Citations
Boris NW, Dalton R (2007). Enuresis (bed-wetting) section of Vegetative disorders. In RM Kliegman et al., eds., Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, 18th ed., pp. 113–115. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.
Thiedke CC (2003). Nocturnal enuresis. American Family Physician, 67(7): 1499–1506.
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| Author | Debby Golonka, MPH |
| Editor | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA |
| Associate Editor | Tracy Landauer |
| Primary Medical Reviewer | Michael J. Sexton, MD - Pediatrics |
| Specialist Medical Reviewer | Thomas Emmett Francoeur, MDCM, CSPQ, FRCPC - Pediatrics |
| Last Updated | November 12, 2008 |
| Last updated: | November 12, 2008 |
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| Author: | Debby Golonka, MPH |
| Reviewed By: | Michael J. Sexton, MD - Pediatrics, Thomas Emmett Francoeur, MDCM, CSPQ, FRCPC - Pediatrics |
| Editors: | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA, Tracy Landauer |
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