Patient's question:
My son is now in kindergarten, but there's a problem that has been troubling me— he still wets the bed. Basically, every other morning he wakes up to find the sheets completely soaked. I think it might be due to some underdeveloped physical function in his body. So, I'm seeking advice from a doctor: what should I do about a 5-year-old boy who wets the bed?Doctor's answer:
In the long run, if you do this multiple times, you need to pay attention to waking the child up to urinate at night. A five-year-old child is still relatively young, and the bladder volume is relatively small. At night, it is necessary to get up and urinate one or two times. If you are over six years old, it will usually improve. If you are still over six years old, you should consider going to the hospital for a urine test. A routine ultrasound examination of the urinary system also needs to be followed by a CT scan to rule out the possibility of hidden spinal cord injury.