Bedwetting and School-aged Children

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Patient Education| 2021 Bedwetting Connected Content Translation: Enuresis nocturna Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Bedwetting. Pediatric Patient Education 2021; 10.1542/peo_document012 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All AAP SitesAll PublicationsPediatric Patient Education Search Advanced Search Did you know that there are about 5 million children in the United States who wet the bed? If your child wets the bed, he or she is not alone. Although most children are toilet trained between 2 and 4 years of age, some children may not be able to stay dry at night until they are older. Children develop at their own rate. For example, studies have showed that 15% of 5- and 7-year-olds wet the bed. But by age 15, fewer than 1% wet the bed. Bedwetting is not a serious medical condition, but it can be a challenging problem for children and parents. Read on to find out more from the American Academy of Pediatrics about bedwetting and what can be done about it. Here are 3 common reasons for bedwetting. Communication between the brain and bladder. If... © 2020 American Academy of Pediatrics. All rights reserved. You do not currently have access to this content.