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Try to manage at least six drinks (200mls) each day – it helps to improve bladder capacity. Try to avoid the possibility of wet pants by going to the toilet on a regular basis.
Daytime wetting is common in children and can cause considerable distress to children and their parents. A good history is key to the diagnosis supported by thorough physical examination to exclude organic causes. Many children can be managed conservatively with education and behaviour modification.
Advice for parents whose primary school children have problems with wetting and soiling at school
Daytime wetting (sometimes called “diurnal enuresis,” or “daytime urine accidents”) is twice as common in girls as it is boys. About 3 to 4 percent of children between the ages of 4 and 12 have daytime wetting. It is most common among young school-aged children.
Daytime wetting is not unusual, particularly in younger children. It is usually as a result of voiding dysfunction. Simply put this means that they get distracted e.g by play or school routines, hold on for too long and simply forget until it is too late. This can become habitual.
Losing urine by accident is the main sign of a bladder control problem. Your child may often have wet or stained underwear—or a wet bed. Squatting, leg crossing, and heel sitting can be signs of an overactive bladder.
1 lut 2000 · Daytime wetting is often only one symptom of a dysfunctional voiding problem. Children who wet during the day commonly suffer from recurrent urinary infection, nighttime incontinence, hydronephrosis, and persistent vesicoureteral reflux.
