Primary enuresis and secondary enuresis.
It is important to know that it does not really matter which
type of enuresis your child may have, because the treatment
will be the same in both cases. We only provide this information
here to give you some scientific background on the topic.
In the first case (primary enuresis) the child has been
unable to control its bladder continuously since it was
born, whereas in the second (secondary enuresis) the child
starts wetting the bed after a significant period (usually
6-12 months) of having being able to control nocturnal urination.
Primary nocturnal enuresis has often been linked
to development questions, physiological dysfunctions or
learning factors. It is most commonly found in boys. It
may be regular in terms of the number of nights or occasions
when the child wets the bed. In many cases the condition
gradually disappears as the child grows older.
Secondary nocturnal enuresis tends to be associated
more with stressful events and a certain degree of organic
pathology, such as urinary infections. It is more commonly
found in girls. The frequency of bedwetting is more sporadic.
The start age is usually 5-6 years old, and it is infrequent
in children over 11. Spontaneous remission seems to occur
less often than in cases of primary enuresis.
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