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Bed-wetting

Encyclopedia of Medicine by Genevieve Slomski

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Imipramine hydrochloride
A drug used to increase bladder capacity.
Kidneys
A pair of organs located on each side of the spine in the lower back area. They excrete, or get rid of, urine.
Nocturnal enuresis
Involuntary discharge of urine during the night.
Urinalysis
A urine test.
Urine
The fluid excreted by the kidneys, stored in the bladder, then discharged from the body through the tube that carries urine from the bladder to the outside of the body (urethra).
Void
To empty the bladder.

Further Reading

For Your Information

    Books

  • American Psychiatric Association Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.

    DSM-IV. 4th ed. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association, 1994.

  • Arnold, Samuel J. No More Bedwetting: How to Help Your Child Stay Dry. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1997.
  • Kagan, Jerome, ed. The Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence. Detroit: Gale Research, 1998.

    Periodicals

  • Gosnell, John. "Enuresis--The Cause That Dares Not Speak Its Name." British Medical Journal 315 (August 16, 1997): 435.
  • Schmitt, Barton D. "Nocturnal Enuresis." Pediatrics in Review 18 (June 1997): 6.
  • Ullom-Minnich, Marla R. "Diagnosis and Management of Nocturnal Enuresis." American Family Physician 54 (November 15, 1996): 2259-2267.
  • White, Kevin and Ray D. Wallace. "The Challenge of Incontinence." Exceptional Parent 27 (August 1997): 361-363.

    Organizations

  • Association for the Care of Children's Health (ACCH). 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 300, Bethesda, MD 20814. 800-808-2224.
  • National Association of Continence. P.O. Box 8310, Spartenburg, SC 29305. 800-252-3337. http://www.nafc.org.
  • National Enuresis Society. 7777 Forest Lane, Suite C-737, Dallas, TX 75230-2518. 800-NES-8080. http://www.peds.umn.edu/Centers/NES.

Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine. Gale Research, 1999.

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