Question
Dear Dr. Zhou: A two-year-old boy was born with high-risk factors such as premature birth, high jaundice, and hydrocephalus. He has visited your specialist clinic at nine months and fourteen months old. In recent months, the boy has been experiencing urinary incontinence while standing, often wetting his pants. What treatment methods are available?
Answer
For children of this age, parents should be patient in teaching them, even if they wet their pants, they should not show anger. This phenomenon is not a disease but rather a child may not be aware of the need to urinate while playing. As the child’s bladder capacity increases and the frequency of defecation decreases, their control over urination will gradually improve. Generally speaking, girls learn to control their bowel movements earlier than boys, but individual differences exist. Most children learn to control their bowel movements between the ages of two and three. Parents should base their guidance on the child’s actual situation