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Article: Beat bed-wetting blues
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- July 16, 2002
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Kasmiah Mustapha
New Straits Times
07-16-2002
Beat bed-wetting blues
Byline: Kasmiah Mustapha
Edition: The City Advertiser; 2*
Section: Health
Memo: (STF) - Although it seems a trivial issue, bed-wetting has serious consequences if dealt with improperly, writes KASMIAH MUSTAPHA.
NOCTURNAL enuresis, in which a child involuntarily wets the bed while sleeping at night, is often perceived as a non-health related condition.
However, for children over seven, nocturnal enuresis, or more commonly known as bed-wetting, can lead to serious psychological and social consequences if parents deal with it improperly.
Studies have shown that an enuretic child suffers embarrassment, guilt, loss of ...