Question
My daughter is 5 and a half years old. For the past three nights, she has been urinating in bed as soon as she sleeps. She might urinate a little bit at a time, up to five or six times, and she doesn’t feel the need to urinate when she sleeps. She only starts to urinate when she wakes up in the morning, and she doesn’t feel the urge to urinate when she naps in the afternoon. What could be the reason for this?
Answer
This is a condition where children over the age of 3 automatically urinate during deep sleep and only discover it upon waking up. Such conditions usually occur due to the child’s underdeveloped intelligence and lack of proper urination habits, making it difficult for them to control their bladder. Generally, nocturnal enuresis is related to weakness in the stomach, intestines, and bladder.