Enuresis in childhood a hospital study

ABSTRACT

Enuresis remains a society-unresolved problem despite avoluminous literature. The cause is not clearly understood and treatment remains controversial To study the prevalence of Nocturnal enuresis in children among different age groups attending Central Teaching Hospital. This study was carried out at Central teaching hospital for children - Baghdad, A total number of 500 children were included in this study, 220 female and 280 male aged 5-13 years who attending the out patient clinic between the first of June and the thirty of September 2003, the parents of these children were asked about the presence and frequency of enuresis. Fifty [22.3%] of female children included in the study were enuretic and 60 [21.4%] of male included in the study] were enuretic, so the total enuretic children was 110 [22%] and non - enuretic number was 390 [78%] taking a minimum frequency of one wet per month. Positive family history was found in [60] 54% of enuretic children, urinary tract infection was fond in [10] 9% of enuretic children mostly females. Spina bifida occulta was detected in 22 [20%] of enuretic children, worm infestation was present in 61 [55%] of enuretic children. Twenty-two [20%] of the families have asked about medical treatment for their children and 11 [50%] of them received short term medical treatment without great benefit. The prevalence of enuresis in the studied children was higher than that reported previously in Iraq