Is Bedwetting Genetic?

Primary enuresis in children, commonly known as bedwetting, refers to the excretion of urine on the bed in a sleeping state. The person is not aware of it or occurs in a dream. Most of them are simple and persistent, that is, there are no other symptoms except bedwetting, no organic lesions, and physical and chemical examinations are in the normal range.

Child Wetting Bed

Child

There is a distinction between primary and secondary bedwetting.

The overwhelming majority of bedwetting people are primary. Enuresis in 2 to 4% of children continues into adulthood. The danger of enuresis is a psychological disorder caused by long-term impairment of self-esteem.

Secondary enuresis in children can occur regardless of day or night, bed or non-bed, awake or non-wake state, in addition to bed wetting, there are other more obvious clinical symptoms and pathological manifestations, mostly organic diseases such as lower urinary tract obstruction ,

genetic factors

Generally, children are able to not wetting after 5 years of age, and those who return to bed after 5 years of age can be diagnosed as

Long-term wetting of the bed can cause great harm to the child's height, intelligence, psychology, and secondary sexual characteristics, including:

1. IQ is 17-23% lower than normal children;

2. The height is 2-5cm shorter than normal children;

3. Active, inattentive, poor memory, introverted, timid;

4. Affects the development of reproductive system, and is prone to infertility in adulthood.