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Primary Bedwetting at adulthood

The common belief about bedwetting is that this is an issue which only affects young children. While it is true that most bedwetters are young children (20% at age 5 and 15% at age 6), many teenagers...

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Bedwetting relapse in adulthood

It is very rare that a young person, who stopped bedwetting at childhood, will relapse during adulthood. In order to understand this condition we first have to distinguish between two types of...

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What can cause treatment with a bedwetting alarm to fail?

The first enuresis alarm was developed by Hobart and Willie Mowrer in 1938—76 years ago! It became one of the most common treatments for bedwetting. Today, hundreds of different types of enuresis...

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Can a small-capacity bladder cause bedwetting?

Many doctors believe that a small-capacity bladder causes bedwetting, but this isn’t entirely true. In fact, the answer is much more complex. The logic behind this assumption is that bedwetters have...

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Does high fluid consumption before bedtime cause bedwetting?

Many parents restrict their bedwetting child from consuming liquid before bedtime. This restriction seems to make sense. If fluid consumption is limited, urine production will be slower, and the child...

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Treating bedwetting by a fluid-absorbing diet

Another way to treat bedwetting is with foods that absorb fluid. In fact, this “treatment” is based on the oldest known method for the treatment of bedwetting. It is not known when enuresis became a...

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Food allergies as a cause for bedwetting

Many theories have been proposed to explain the causes for bedwetting. One theory, which I must say is quite marginal, is that food allergies and sensitivity cause bedwetting. The assumption is that...

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Is there a relationship between bedwetting and sleepwalking?

Sleepwalking (somnambulism) is a sleep disorder. The sleepwalker awakes from the stage of slow wave sleep; he is in a state of low consciousness and does things that are usually performed during a...

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Regression to bedwetting as a result of sexual abuse

One of the most common regression symptoms of children that have been sexually abused is diurnal and nocturnal enuresis (mainly nocturnal). Such children have difficulty sleeping and experience...

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The myth behind the drug DDAVP for bedwetting treatment

One medical theory regarding bedwetting claims that it is caused by a deficiency of ADH (antidiuretic hormone).  This hormone is particularly important for regulating the body’s retention of water; the...

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