Objectives: To report on the improvement of a pediatric patient with nocturnal enuresis and Autistic Syndrome Disorder (ASD), after undergoing upper cervical specific chiropractic care. Clinical Features: A 6 year-old boy who presented for chiropractic care with a history of nocturnal enuresis and ASD. The child experienced a traumatic birth and at the time of chiropractic care was following th...

Persistent enuresis, like apprehended juvenile crime, is common among poorly-housed and illeducated families, and uncommon among intact families of the well-to-do. (For the social distribution of enuresis see Harnack, 1953; Bloomfield and Douglas, 1956; Hallgren, 1956; Miller, Court, Walton, and Knox, 1960. For the social distribution of delinquency see Burt, 1947, 1952; Mannheim, 1948; Ferguso...

OBJECTIVES To estimate the frequency of primary nocturnal enuresis (PNE) in Pakistani children and to examine the factors associated with it. METHODS A randomly selected cross-sectional study was conducted in five elementary schools, one in each of five districts of Karachi. The parents of 5000 children age between 3-13 years were asked to complete a questionnaire which included items about t...

We have investigated two unrelated families, in which two children had inherited primary nocturnal enuresis, and nephrogenic diabetes insipidus caused by new mutations in the aquaporin-2 gene (AQP2). The mutant AQP2 proteins were inactive, suggesting that administration of desmopressin could not concentrate the urine in these patients. However, treatment with desmopressin resolved primary noctu...

Background: This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of trazodone in the treatment of nocturnal enuresis in school age children. Methods: Nine patients (7 male and 2 female) with nocturnal enuresis, resistant to regular treatments, received trazodone (25 mg/day, for the first week and 50 mg/day for the second week). Results: Marked improvement was observed in one case, while partial improvemen...

Enuresis is a pathologic and bothersome condition, which occurs frequently during childhood (1). Despite the numerous studies that have been conducted to clarify the cause of enuresis, only some of the risk factors for the disease have been found, because “enuresis” is a multifactorial disorder (2). Continence is the result of intact function of bladder to reserve urine during reservation phase...

Introduction: Enuresis is the second most common disorder among children after allergic disorders. According to the results of previous studies, different estimates of enuresis prevalence and its related factors have been reported. Combining the results of these studies is valuable. This study aims to estimate the prevalence of enuresis and its related factors among Iranian children.Materials a...

backgroundautomatic release of urine at any time of a day during sleep beyond the age of five years defined enuresis as a health disorders in children. the etiology of enuresis is still not clearly understood. body mass index (bmi) is an indicator to evaluate the growth trend of individuals in a population for any specific age group. evaluation of obesity in children is important and provides a...

Enuresis, while not a serious disorder in the sense of disabling the affected individual physically, nevertheless often causes great mental suffering and anxiety to both the enuretic child and his parents. The evidence from the majority of studies has shown that enuresis is a rather frequent disorder in children. Comprehensive bibliographies are found in papers by, inter alia, Zappert, Andersso...

BACKGROUND Nocturnal enuresis, often called bedwetting or sleep wetting, is a common problem in children after the age of five and may lead to symptoms such as infection, incontinence and frequent urination. This problem refers to a state in which children after the age of five have no control of their urine for six continuous months and it cannot be attributed to any organic factors or drug us...