Patient's question:
AgeFrequent urination, sometimes less than 5 minutes between urination, but the amount is not much. The urge to urinate occurs when touching water or when it's cool. A urinalysis showed no problems. If it's a urinary tract infection, how should it be treated? What medication is good to use?
Doctor's answer:
Hello: Since the check showed no problems, it can be ruled out as a urinary tract infection!! Regarding the issue of frequent urination in children, parents should first consider whether the baby falls into the first two categories mentioned above, especially conditions like epilepsy, cerebral palsy, and other central nervous system disorders. If it is a urinary tract infection, issues such as phimosis, balanitis, overactive bladder, urine reflux, and stones should be considered. If all the baby's tests are normal, and indeed there are psychological characteristics of frequent urination, only then can the doctor cautiously diagnose it as "psychogenic enuresis."a、Cause of Occurrence
Children's mental development is not yet mature, making them easily influenced by external environments, suggestive language, and so on. Their control, stress resistance, and expression abilities are still relatively poor. Therefore, even slight stimuli, including residual urine stimulating the foreskin and genital area, friction from uncomfortable clothing, the sound of flowing water, whistling sounds, and so on, can cause the baby to feel the urge to urinate. Additionally, the habits and personality traits of parents can also affect the child. For example, adults with frequent urination problems, parents overly emphasizing "not holding in urine," parents often anxiously reminding the child "do you need to urinate," and so on, as well as children experiencing stress from schoolwork, family, and interpersonal relationships, or children having impatient, anxious personalities, can all lead to psychogenic enuresis in children. Featured Recommendations
b、Treatment Methods
The treatment of psychogenic enuresis in children should first be psychological therapy. Therefore, the first step is to understand the cause, and only then should behavioral therapy, also known as "urine retention training," be considered.
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