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enuresis (wetting)
Enuresis is a term used to describe repeated urination during the day or
night. Most of the time, enuresis is uncontrollable, with the child not
being able to contain the urine, either during the day in clothes, or at
night, in bed. Sometimes, however, a child may urinate intentionally.
For reasons not well understood, there is a relationship between
enuresis in children over the age of five and behavior problems.
Perhaps this is related to the fact that children experiencing
enuresis often suffer peer rejection, teasing, criticism and
punishment. Children with enuresis are also more prone to
having developmental delays in language, motor, and learning.
| To be diagnosed with enuresis, the child must be over the age of five, or for those children with other developmental delays, their cognitive functioning must be over the age of five. In addition, the problem must have occurred at least twice per week for at least three months. |
Enuresis is more common in boys than in girls, and approximately 75% of the children who experience the problem have a biological first-degree family member with the problem.
Find out more about daytime or nighttime soiling (encopresis).
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