“Mom, it happened again.” Many a parent has woken up to these words, sometimes morning after morning. Kids and adults alike can become frustrated and even confused about ongoing bedwetting beyond what ...

The wet sheets, the middle-of-the-night laundry runs, the embarrassed tears – bedwetting can turn peaceful nights into stressful ordeals for entire families. Parents often feel helpless watching their ...

The sound of distressed crying wakes you in the middle of the night. Your child stands in the doorway, pajamas soaked, face crumpled with embarrassment and confusion. “I dreamed I was in the bathroom, ...

Nothing disrupts a parent’s sleep quite like a wet bed. Whether your child appears at your bedroom door with the obvious signs of a midnight accident or — worse! — they slide in next to you, only to ...

For most, the embarrassment of waking up to a wet bed is confined to childhood memories. But for 23-year-old Nelima*, this mortifying experience has followed her into adulthood, a cruel continuation ...

Bed wetting, or enuresis, is fairly common. According to the American Family Physician about five to seven million wet the bed (with boys tending to do it more) — but that doesn’t make it less ...

Parasomnias are a fascinating group of clinical disorders associated with undesirable physical and mental phenomena that occur predominantly during sleep. They include sleepwalking (somnambulism), ...

If your child is older than 7 and still not quite yet dry at night, read on. Bedwetting is considered normal until at least age 5 or 6. But if your older child is still not dry at night, he or she is ...

Researchers make a compelling, evidence-based case for expanding the diagnostic workup to include cardiac arrhythmias when a normally continent individual experiences enuresis nocturna (involuntary ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My 7-year-old son wets the bed most nights. He doesn't have accidents during the day. I'm wondering if I should have him seen by a physician, or if this is considered normal for some ...

Bedwetting beyond a certain age is considered a condition requiring attention. [iStockphoto] For most, the embarrassment of waking up to a wet bed is confined to childhood memories. But for ...