Children with primary nocturnal enuresis often, but not always, score about 10% lower on standardized rating scales for self-esteem, or scores for symptoms similar to low self-esteem (sadness, anxiety, social fears, distress) than children without enuresis.

Fifty children with primary nocturnal enuresis were randomised for a study comparing desmopressin (DDAVP) and enuresis alarm. Forty six completed the trial, 24 of whom were treated with 20 micrograms intranasal desmopressin nightly and 22 with enuresis alarm for three months. Failures were crossed over and relapses were continued on the same treatment for a further three months. The improvement...

OBJECTIVE Nocturnal enuresis is a common psychosocial concern for both parents and children. In the present study we have determined the prevalence of nocturnal enuresis in Urmia, Iran children and associated personal and familial factors with this problem. METHODS A cross sectional epidemiological study for detection of nocturnal enuresis prevalence rate and evaluation of associated familial...

The case of an 8 year old boy with both nocturnal enuresis and nephrogenic diabetes insipidus is presented. Diagnosis of nephrogenic diabetes insipidus was based on a typical medical history, the characteristic result of a fluid restriction test, the lack of an eVect of 1-desamino-8D-arginine (DDAVP) on both urine osmolality and plasma coagulation factors and, finally, the detection of a hemizy...

Enuresis is an important human problem. The persistence of the disability is regarded with despair by parents, while the patients' distress and embarrassment are difficult to assess. In spite of investigations and treatment by paediatricians, urologists and psychiatrists there is still no reliable cure. During a period of post-graduate study in Stockholm one of us became interested in a new cys...

Rapid maxillary expansion (RME) is a dentofacial orthopedic treatment procedure which has been routinely used to correct transversal maxillary skeletal and/or dental constriction. Application of RME not only expands the constricted maxilla but also results in an increase in nasopharyngeal airway dimensions, improvement in nasal respiration in patients with abnormal breathing patterns, and bette...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of enuresis in schoolchildren in Italy. SUBJECTS AND METHODS The Italian Club of Nocturnal Enuresis promoted a prevalence study of nocturnal enuresis using a self-administered questionnaire in seven cities in Northern, Central and Southern Italy. The association between enuresis and potential risk factors, e.g. a family history of enuresis, stress, socio-e...

OBJECTIVES This review identified reports of acupuncture for childhood nocturnal enuresis, with the aim of ascertaining whether acupuncture is efficacious and or better than standard therapy for treating enuresis. MATERIALS AND METHODS Studies of children of either gender <18 years of age who received acupuncture treatment for nocturnal enuresis, were considered. The primary outcome measure w...

Received September 29, 2003 Abstract The objective of this retrospective study is to evaluate the effectiveness of using early morning urine osmolality as a predictor of response to oral desmopressin in children with primary monosymptomatic nocturnal enuresis. Children treated solely with oral desmopressin for primary monosymptomatic nocturnal enuresis, between the period of January 1997 and Ju...