Enuresis nocturna can be provoked in normal healthy children by increasing the nocturnal urine output.
In a large proportion of enuretics, the enuresis episodes are accompanied by high urine output at night. At this study we provoked a high urine output in normal non-enuretic children in order to investigate whether volume provocation per se could cause enuresis. In six of ten children it was possible to provoke nine enuresis-like episodes. The enuresis volumes were small with no relation to functional bladder capacity. It is concluded, that increased urine output at night may produce enuresis-like episodes even in normal children.
Rasmussen
P V
PV
Institute of Experimental Clinical Research, University of Aarhus, Denmark.
Kirk
J
J
Borup
K
K
Nørgaard
J P
JP
Djurhuus
J C
JC
D002648:Child; D004032:Diet; D004232:Diuretics / Q000494:pharmacology; D004775:Enuresis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013995:Time; D014556:Urine
D004232:Diuretics