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Bedwetting

What will happen to my child?

Most children stop wetting the bed eventually without any treatment. But there are treatments that can help your child stay dry at night sooner.

It's hard to know for certain what will happen to your child. Many children suddenly become dry at night. Others still wet the bed after trying lots of treatments. But we do know:

Source:
Forsythe WI, Redmond A.
Enuresis and spontaneous cure rate of 1129 enuretics.
Archives of Disease in Childhood. 1974; 49: 259-263.

About 14 in 100 children who wet the bed become dry each year without treatment
About 1 in 100 children will continue to wet the bed even when they're grown up.

Adults who wet the bed may have low self-esteem and problems with their work, their social life, and their relationships.

Sources for the information on this page:

Forsythe WI, Redmond A.Enuresis and spontaneous cure rate of 1129 enuretics.Archives of Disease in Childhood. 1974; 49: 259-263.

This information was last updated on Dec 04, 2008

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