Open AccessMono-Symptomatic Nocturnal Enuresis in Lebanese Children: Prevalence, Relation with Obesity, and Psychological Effect
Author(s) -
Bassem Abu Merhi,
Ahmad Hammoud,
Fouad Ziade,
Raymond Kamel,
Mariam Rajab
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
clinical medicine insights pediatrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1179-5565
DOI - 10.4137/cmped.s13068
Subject(s) - enuresis , nocturnal , medicine , pediatrics , urination , body mass index , obesity , demography , urinary system , sociology
Nocturnal enuresis is involuntary urination while sleeping after a certain age, usually five years, when children should have established bladder control. The prevalence has been found to be up to 20% in five year old children, and it is considered the most common urological childhood complication.
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