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enuresisRepeated urination into bedding or clothing, usually at night, in a normal child old enough to have completed toilet training. Enuresis may be voluntary or involuntary. It may run in families. Stressful life events, poor toilet training, and chronic social disadvantage increase its likelihood. It usually resolves with time. Treatment includes family education, reassurance, and behaviour therapy. An alarm to wake the child when urination begins has proved highly effective but takes time to achieve complete success. Drug treatment, though not the treatment of choice, is sometimes effective. enuresis involuntary discharge of urine, esp during sleep How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| This is not to say that the upper management of camp needs to be informed every time a camper burps, but they should know about such things as severe homesickness, enuresis, and aggression. loss of appetite, enuresis, nausea, headaches, stomachaches) as well as strong emotions and reactions (e. To evaluate whether the presence of enuresis and cruelty to animals in juvenile firesetters predicted recidivistic firesetting, information was gathered about 888 firesetters aged 3 to 19 years (64% aged 11 and older) who were referred to a fire stop program. |
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