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Enuresis, the Glossary

Enuresis is a repeated inability to control urination.^[1]

41 relations: Age appropriateness, Anticholinergic, Behaviour therapy, Bladder, Bladder training, Blood pressure, Caffeine, Cardiotoxicity, Cardiovascular disease, Comorbidity, Desmopressin, Detrusor muscle, Diaper, Diuretic, Diurnal enuresis, DSM-5, Ebers Papyrus, Epidemiology, Food and Drug Administration, Genetics, Heart rate, Hemodynamics, Heredity, Hypnotherapy, Hypothalamus, Imipramine, Merriam-Webster, Military, Nocturnal enuresis, Oxybutynin, Pathophysiology, Pediatrics, Pinworm (parasite), Polyuria, Sacral nerve stimulation, Sleep and breathing, Traditional Chinese medicine, Tricyclic antidepressant, Urinary incontinence, Urination, Vasopressin.
Symptoms and signs: Urinary system
Urological conditions

Age appropriateness

Age appropriateness refers to people behaving as predicted by their perspective timetable of development.

Anticholinergic

Anticholinergics (anticholinergic agents) are substances that block the action of the acetylcholine (ACh) neurotransmitter at synapses in the central and peripheral nervous system.

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Behaviour therapy

Behaviour therapy or behavioural psychotherapy is a broad term referring to clinical psychotherapy that uses techniques derived from behaviourism and/or cognitive psychology.

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Bladder

The bladder is a hollow organ in humans and other vertebrates that stores urine from the kidneys before disposal by urination.

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Bladder training

Bladder training, also known as scheduled voiding and bladder re-education is urinating at specific times of the day.

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Blood pressure

Blood pressure (BP) is the pressure of circulating blood against the walls of blood vessels.

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Caffeine

Caffeine is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant of the methylxanthine class.

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Cardiotoxicity

Cardiotoxicity is the occurrence of heart dysfunction as electric or muscle damage, resulting in heart toxicity.

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Cardiovascular disease

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is any disease involving the heart or blood vessels.

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Comorbidity

In medicine, comorbidity refers to the simultaneous presence of two or more medical conditions in a patient; often co-occurring (that is, concomitant or concurrent) with a primary condition.

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Desmopressin

Desmopressin, sold under the trade name DDAVP among others, is a medication used to treat diabetes insipidus, bedwetting, hemophilia A, von Willebrand disease, and high blood urea levels.

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Detrusor muscle

The detrusor muscle, also detrusor urinae muscle, muscularis propria of the urinary bladder and (less precise) muscularis propria, is smooth muscle found in the wall of the bladder.

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A diaper (NAmE) or a nappy (BrE, AuE, IrE) is a type of underwear that allows the wearer to urinate or defecate without using a toilet, by absorbing or containing waste products to prevent soiling of outer clothing or the external environment.

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Diuretic

A diuretic is any substance that promotes diuresis, the increased production of urine.

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Diurnal enuresis

Diurnal enuresis is daytime wetting (functional daytime urinary incontinence). Enuresis and Diurnal enuresis are Symptoms and signs: Urinary system.

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DSM-5

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), is the 2013 update to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the taxonomic and diagnostic tool published by the American Psychiatric Association (APA).

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Ebers Papyrus

The Ebers Papyrus, also known as Papyrus Ebers, is an Egyptian medical papyrus of herbal knowledge dating to (the late Second Intermediate Period or early New Kingdom).

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Epidemiology

Epidemiology is the study and analysis of the distribution (who, when, and where), patterns and determinants of health and disease conditions in a defined population.

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Food and Drug Administration

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA or US FDA) is a federal agency of the Department of Health and Human Services.

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Genetics

Genetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in organisms.

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Heart rate

Heart rate is the frequency of the heartbeat measured by the number of contractions of the heart per minute (beats per minute, or bpm).

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Hemodynamics

Hemodynamics or haemodynamics are the dynamics of blood flow.

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Heredity

Heredity, also called inheritance or biological inheritance, is the passing on of traits from parents to their offspring; either through asexual reproduction or sexual reproduction, the offspring cells or organisms acquire the genetic information of their parents.

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Hypnotherapy

Hypnotherapy, also known as hypnotic medicine, is the use of hypnosis in psychotherapy.

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Hypothalamus

The hypothalamus (hypothalami) is a small part of the vertebrate brain that contains a number of nuclei with a variety of functions.

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Imipramine

Imipramine, sold under the brand name Tofranil, among others, is a tricyclic antidepressant (TCA) mainly used in the treatment of depression.

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Merriam-Webster

Merriam-Webster, Incorporated is an American company that publishes reference books and is mostly known for its dictionaries.

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Military

A military, also known collectively as an armed forces, are a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare.

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Nocturnal enuresis

Nocturnal enuresis (NE), also informally called bedwetting, is involuntary urination while asleep after the age at which bladder control usually begins. Enuresis and Nocturnal enuresis are Symptoms and signs: Urinary system.

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Oxybutynin

Oxybutynin, sold under the brand name Ditropan among others, is an anticholinergic medication primarily used to treat overactive bladder.

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Pathophysiology

Pathophysiology (or physiopathology) is a branch of study, at the intersection of pathology and physiology, concerning disordered physiological processes that cause, result from, or are otherwise associated with a disease or injury.

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Pediatrics

Pediatrics (also spelled paediatrics or pædiatrics) is the branch of medicine that involves the medical care of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.

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Pinworm (parasite)

The pinworm (species Enterobius vermicularis), also known as threadworm (in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand) or seatworm, is a parasitic worm.

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Polyuria

Polyuria is excessive or an abnormally large production or passage of urine (greater than 2.5 L or 3 L over 24 hours in adults). Enuresis and Polyuria are Symptoms and signs: Urinary system.

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Sacral nerve stimulation

Sacral nerve stimulation, also termed sacral neuromodulation, is a type of medical electrical stimulation therapy.

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Sleep and breathing

When we sleep, our breathing changes due to normal biological processes that affect both our respiratory and muscular systems.

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Traditional Chinese medicine

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is an alternative medical practice drawn from traditional medicine in China.

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Tricyclic antidepressant

Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) are a class of medications that are used primarily as antidepressants.

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Urinary incontinence

Urinary incontinence (UI), also known as involuntary urination, is any uncontrolled leakage of urine. Enuresis and Urinary incontinence are Symptoms and signs: Urinary system.

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Urination

Urination is the release of urine from the bladder to the outside of the body.

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Vasopressin

Human vasopressin, also called antidiuretic hormone (ADH), arginine vasopressin (AVP) or argipressin, is a hormone synthesized from the AVP gene as a peptide prohormone in neurons in the hypothalamus, and is converted to AVP.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enuresis

Also known as Uracratia.

Enuresis, the Glossary

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Symptoms and signs: Urinary system

Urological conditions

References