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BASICS
Description
- Nocturnal enuresis (NE): Repeated spontaneous voiding of discrete amounts of urine during sleep after the anticipated age of bladder control (age 5)
- Daytime incontinence: Uncontrollable leakage of urine while awake
- Classification:
- Primary NE: 1% of adult population; 80% of all cases; child/adult who has never established urinary continence on consecutive nights for a period of 6 months or more
- Secondary NE: 20% of cases; resumption of enuresis after at least 6 months of urinary continence
- Also categorized as:
- Monosymptomatic NE (uncomplicated): Bed wetting without lower urinary tract symptoms other than nocturia and no history of bladder dysfunction
- Nonmonosymptomatic NE: Bed wetting with lower urinary tract symptoms such as frequency, urgency, daytime wetting, hesitancy, straining, weak or intermittent ...
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