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What's recommended as a cure for nocturnal enuresis for a 17-year old?

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Dr. George Klauber answered

Specializes in Pediatric Urology

Stepwise: 1)restrict fluids after evening meal.2) wake and toilet 2 hrs after going to bed, this may suffice, if not: 3) bed-wetting alarm. Conditioning device that will buzz as soon as she starts wetting, eventually bladder control center in brain will appreciate sensory bladder impulses & she will wake or control urinary sphincter. At first will require parental help. 4)?Desmopressin medicine if not cured.

Answered 9/28/2016

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Dr. answered

Trial desmopressin: Involuntary bedwetting while asleep is common in childhood - persisting into adulthood in up to 1% of cases. Persisting symptoms causing distress and not amenable to non-drug measures (behavioural strategy / alarms) may be treated with Desmopressin as firstline. Imipramine can have a role. Oxybutynin as adjunct. Recommend seeing Dr for full medical review, excluding alternative causes.

Answered 10/2/2016

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