The White Paper has just been presented “Primary Monosymptomatic Enuresis in Spain”, the reason is the little knowledge about nocturnal urinary incontinence that currently affects 10% of children between the ages of 5 and 16.
Many parents do not go to a pediatric office if their children suffer from this disorder, so it is known that there is a great lack of diagnosis and treatment of nocturnal enuresis.
This pathology can have negative consequences for children both in school performance and in social life, so it is very necessary to follow up and if necessary provide them with a treatment. According to experts, the main causes of this disorder are delayed maturation of the nervous system, insufficient manufacture of antidiuretic hormone, lower capacity urinary bladders and difficulty waking up to certain stimuli.
This new book is being distributed among professionals in the country so that there is a general knowledge of the measures, guidelines and therapies necessary for a quick and effective solution of childhood nocturnal enuresis.
Many of the cases are solved only with a foothold, with the motivation, so it is necessary a friendly treatment, without alerting and without blaming the child. In addition, a genetic component that favors bedwetting has been detected, that is, if the parents have had the problem, your child has a 77% chance of suffering from it as well.
As parents you don't have to feel guilty or frustrated, you just have to try to find a solution as soon as possible so that the child's development is as normal, you don't have to hide the problem or punish it, so once the disorder is detected, the best is to consult the specialist who will give us a successful solution
Depending on the case, it will be a behavioral, pharmacological treatment or a combination of both.
