If your school age child is still wetting his bed at night, don't despair. Plenty of his classmates are doing the same. Bedwetting, or aneurisis, is a common problem. The incidence gradually decreases as the child gets older, but remember, that 2 1/2% of all World War II recruits were discharged because of bedwetting. In most cases, there is a family history, often of the father. Bedwetters, similar to children who sleepwalk or sleeptalk, have difficulty in awakening out of a deep sleep. These children also suffer from an immaturity of their nervous system bladder control. There are two types of bedwetting:
Primary, the most common type, involves a bedwetter since infancy.The secondary type, which is rarer, involves a child who previously was dry and suddenly starts wetting his bed.