Nocturnal enuresis is a common problem that can be troubling for children and their families. Nocturnal enuresis is the involuntary and undesirable wetting that occurs during sleep beyond the age of anticipated bladder control. Children are not considered enuretic until they have reached five years of age. Although comparison of studies are difficult because of variation in the definition of en...

BACKGROUND Nocturnal enuresis is an important problem among young children living in Turkey. The purpose of this study was to determine the possible differences in the prevalence of enuresis between children in boarding school and daytime school and the association of enuresis with sociodemographic factors. METHODS This was a cross-sectional survey. A total of 562 self-administered questionna...

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is the most prevalent psychiatric disorder in children; perhaps relationship between ADHD and enuresis is still unknown. Comorbidity confers an additional risk to the simple symptomatic expression, and a greater complexity from the diagnostic and therapeutic viewpoints. The primary endpoint was to find out the Comorbidity between enuresis and ADHD...

PURPOSE The aim of this study, to investigate whether there is any association between enuresis in childhood and nocturnal polyuria syndrome (NPS) in adult life. METHODS The study consisted of thirty five patients with nocturnal polyuria, and thirty five healthy people without nocturnal polyuria in adult life, were asked to assess their enuresis in childhood. RESULTS There was a history of ...

CONTEXT Nocturnal enuresis has undoubtedly occurred since man's earliest days and the first references are found in the Ebers papyri of 1550 BC. The purpose of this study is to review of Rhazes opinion about diagnosis and treatment of nocturnal enuresis and compare his belief and clinical methods with modern medical practice. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION In the review study we searched all available ...

Guest Comment on Nocturnal Enuresis by Dr. Ankit Mangla, MBBS, MD, FPN, Fellow critical care (IAP/ISCCM), Director & HOD Pediatric Institute of Renal Sciences Senior Consultant, PICU HOPE Hospital, Jaipur

INTRODUCTION Nocturnal enuresis has been found a common symptom among children with breathing problems and sleep apnea. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the therapeutic and placebo effects of slow maxillary expansion on nocturnal enuresis. MATERIAL AND METHODS Four children with enuresis aged 7-12 years were selected. Rigid acrylic expansion appliances were fabricated and delivered t...

BACKGROUND Sickle-cell anaemia (SCA) is the most common inherited haemoglobinopathy affecting the Negroid race. Renal complications such as enuresis can occur during childhood. Reports show that children and adolescents with SCA may be at a higher risk of nocturnal enuresis than their counterparts with normal haemoglobin genotype. AIMS The study aims to determine the prevalence of nocturnal e...

In the mid-1980’s, the Aarhus group headed by the two pioneers in Nocturnal Enuresis research Jens-Christian Djurhuus and Jens Peter Nørgaard, reported the first data correlating the degree of Vesicoureteral Reflux (VUR) and associated nephropathy to the presence of enuresis (1). The material showed that one half of the patients with reflux also had enuresis, and that in spite of identical demo...