After the age of 3 while awake, and after the age of 5 while asleep, bedwetting is one of the most common urological complaints in children. The vast majority is simply urination during sleep and there is no serious health problem in the child. However, incontinence while awake is different and usually occurs due to significant functional or anatomical disorders related to urinary control in the child. Anatomical disorders can be very diverse and most are congenital. Functional disorders, on the other hand, can often be seen in girls between the ages of 6-10 as frequent urgent urination, occasional incontinence due to not reaching the toilet in time, and there may also be patients who constantly need to wear diapers. Since these can also cause bedwetting, families may think that, like in many children with bedwetting problems, it will go away over time. However, the existing disorder can lead to urinary tract infections, disorders related to high pressure in the kidney, and psychological disorders. In such cases, at centers dealing with pediatric urology, the disorder is identified with some tests to be performed, primarily pressure studies called urodynamics, and some are treated with medications, some with urination training, and some with surgical interventions. If there is only bedwetting (enuresis), from the age of 6, behavioral therapies such as rewards, alarm devices, or some medications that expand the bladder or reduce urine output can be used to treat enuresis at rates of 70-80%.
After the age of 3 while awake, and after the age of 5 while asleep, bedwetting is one of the most common urological complaints in children. The vast majority is simply urination during sleep and there is no serious health problem in the child. However, incontinence while awake is different and usually occurs due to significant functional or anatomical disorders related to urinary control in the child. Anatomical disorders can be very diverse and most are congenital. Functional disorders, on the other hand, can often be seen in girls between the ages of 6-10 as frequent urgent urination, occasional incontinence due to not reaching the toilet in time, and there may also be patients who constantly need to wear diapers. Since these can also cause bedwetting, families may think that, like in many children with bedwetting problems, it will go away over time. However, the existing disorder can lead to urinary tract infections, disorders related to high pressure in the kidney, and psychological disorders. In such cases, at centers dealing with pediatric urology, the disorder is identified with some tests to be performed, primarily pressure studies called urodynamics, and some are treated with medications, some with urination training, and some with surgical interventions. If there is only bedwetting (enuresis), from the age of 6, behavioral therapies such as rewards, alarm devices, or some medications that expand the bladder or reduce urine output can be used to treat enuresis at rates of 70-80%.
