Enuresis in children in Tikrit city

Abstract

To determine the pattern of enuresis in children who consult the pediatric outpatient clinic in Tikrit Teaching Hospital for management, a cross-sectional study was carried out on a randomly selected sample of (50 enuretic children) and compared with a control group (50 healthy subjects) during the period 1 st of May-30th of November 2006. Thirty two patients of them 64% were males. Primary nocturnal enuresis was the commonest type in 41 (82%), enuresis commonly affect children in the age group 5-10 years, were 40 of (80%) patients. Urinary tract infection was found only in I I patients 22%. Sixty two percent of patients had positive family history of enuresis and 34 patients (78%) had history of stressful event prior to the onset of enuresis. Enuresis had no relation with growth or developmental delay, hyposthenurea, and glucoseurea.