Volume 2 Issue 12 December, 2012
❌ Nocturnal Enuresis is seen only children.
✅ Nocturnal Enuresis is seen in all ages, it is prevalent in 1% of adults.
❌ In Nocturnal Enuresis, the child affected acts deliberately.
✅ Majority of the affected children do their best to prevent, they need to be skillfully evaluated for low self esteem, depression & other stressors.
❌ Nocturnal Enuresis is a chronic disorder.
✅ Nocturnal Enuresis can be primary or secondary, depending upon the bladder control & abstinence for at least 6 months. Behavioural techniques should be the first method to be employed & should always be continued even when medications are considered.
❌ Punishment makes the child bedwetting free.
✅ Parent child education, rewards for dry nights, voiding before bed time, night awakening 2‐4 hrs after bed time helps in this regard and parents should not punish the child.
By Dr Sandeep Patil, PG Resident, Dept of Paediatrics, JSS Medical college Hospital
