Patient's question:
AgeFrequent urination, sometimes less than 5 minutes between urinations, but the amount of urine is not much. As soon as it comes into contact with water or something cool, the urge to urinate occurs. A urinalysis was done, and it said there were no problems. If it is a urinary tract infection, how should it be treated? What medicine should be used?
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, it is necessary to consider issues such as phimosis, balanitis, bladder overactivity, urine reflux, and stones. If all the baby's tests are normal, and indeed there are characteristics of psychological frequent urination, only then can the doctor cautiously diagnose it as "psychogenic enuresis."a、Cause
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 the irritation of residual urine to 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. There are also the influence of parents' habits and personality traits on children, such as adults having frequent urination problems, parents overly emphasizing "not holding 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 impulsive, anxious personalities, all of which can cause 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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