Bed-wetting in children
Bed-wetting is common, and it affects many teenagers and adults as well as children. This section is about bed-wetting in children. If you are older than 13, or an adult, and still wet the bed, see bed-wetting in teenagers and adults.
Written by: Dr Margaret Stearn
Edited by: Dr Margaret Stearn
Last updated:
Friday, February 12th 2010
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Posted by Anonymous on 09/02/2010 at 09:27:00 am
My child is bed wetting and as started wetting him self when he is playing up stairs in is bed room in the day.
Posted by Anonymous on 29/10/2009 at 08:23:00 am
my son is nine years oldi have tried all but nothing.plz help
Posted by kelly on 08/07/2009 at 03:08:00 pm
Sir/Madam Bed wetting is a big embarasment for my kid so i just want to help her but i dont know how,we have been to doctors but she is still on that. she even feels bad to visit anywhere she only vitit during the day. so it also becomes a big problem for me because i cant visit my families any more to sleep over.
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Fascinating facts
Babies pass urine in the womb
Newborn babies may urinate 18 times a day
In Victorian times, children who wet the bed were allowed only plain and boring food. It was thought that cakes and pastries made bed-wetting more likely by causing irritating urine. (Of course, this is not the case.)
In an average class of thirty 10-year olds, there will be two who wet the bed
Bed-wetting affects 5-7 million children in the USA and 500,000 children in the UK
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