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Once you start reading about bedwetting, you might be a little surprised–like
finding out that one out of every nine kids wets the bed. You’re at a sleepover?
Chances are someone else there wets the bed, too. Read on!
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You're Not Alone |
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- Five to seven million kids in the United States wet the bed.
If you put them all together that would be the same number of people as:
100 football stadiums!
280,000 classrooms!
368,000 soccer teams!!
- Two out of every ten kids who are age 5-10 years old
wet the bed.
- About 1/3 of the kids who are age 5 & 6 years old wet the bed.
- Bedwetting is more common among boys than girls–about 2/3 of kids who wet
the bed are boys.
- Most kids (72%) who wet the bed will outgrow it by the time
they’re 10 years old–99% by age 15.
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En-ur-WHAT-sis!?
Doctors call it enuresis (say: "en-you-REE-sis"). That’s just a fancy name for wetting the bed–if you urinate (pee) when you’re asleep, that’s enuresis. The good news is, it’s not something that’ll last forever. Sometimes it’s simply because your bladder hasn’t grown as fast as the rest of your body. Be patient ‘cause it’ll all catch up!
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A Bunch of Reasons
There are a bunch of reasons why kids wet the bed. You might have inherited it from someone in your family. Like if your dad wet the bed when he was a kid, you’ve got a 40% chance of wetting the bed. Both parents wet the bed as kids? Your chances go up to 70%.
Sometimes it’s just a growth spurt–your bladder might need to catch up to the rest of your growing body. With some kids it’s because of something called hormones. You might not be producing enough of an important hormone called ADH at night (you will, don’t worry!). And it could be that you just are going through a stage where you sleep too soundly– z z z z z z z z z z z.
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