Kidz to Adultz Magazine Issue 17

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BEDWETTING IN

young people BEDWETTING HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR SOME CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN ALL CULTURES AND SOCIETIES. PREVIOUSLY IT WAS CONSIDERED THAT CHILDREN WOULD GROW OUT OF THIS IN TIME, THAT IT WAS LINKED TO STRESS OR PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS AND DID NOT CAUSE LONG-TERM ISSUES, SO DID NOT NEED TREATING. HOWEVER, SINCE THE 1980S IT HAS WIDELY BEEN RECOGNISED THAT BEDWETTING IS A MEDICAL CONDITION FROM THE AGE OF FIVE YEARS OLD AND IS TREATABLE. 16


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