Bed-Wetting: The Common Condition We Don’t Want to Talk About

By Jonathan Whitbourne


Hoping it would disappear in a week or two, Mary Anderson told no one that her 6-year-old son, Michael, was wetting his bed. Instead, she tried to remedy the problem herself, attempting everything from nixing his traditional bedtime glass of water to waking him at midnight to use the bathroom. But nothing worked. After three months of frustration and soggy sheets, Anderson finally decided to call Michael’s pediatrician.







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Michael’s bed-wetting as well as his mother’s reluctance to discuss it are surprisingly common. Up to 7 million U.S. children ages 6 and older wet the bed. Despite its prevalence, and the fact that effective treatments are available, bed-wetting (or nocturnal enuresis) remains a highly under-reported medical condition and a taboo topic, according to a new survey from the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNP) and the Dysfunctional Outpatient Voiding Education (DOVE) Center at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.


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