Bedwetting

Something that comes with the territory of parenting is toilet-training a child and correspondingly, dealing with the issue of bed-wetting. Embarassing, strenuous and stressful, this rite of parenting and childhood is longer for some than for others and can be perplexing and worrying as families struggle for a solution or the best treatment option.

Professor Dr. Kanaheswari Yoganathan, paediatric nephrologist, explains the underlying causes of what is medically known as enuresis and how it can be treated.