Bedwetting: Overactive or twitchy bladder

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Some children have an overactive bladder and can only hold small amounts of urine. In this case the child’s bladder muscles may spontaneously contract during sleep, which can result in wetting.

Other causes of bedwetting

	For more information about how the bladder and the brain communicate and what goes wrong when children have difficulty rousing view the video: Causes of bedwetting- difficulty rousing from sleep.
	For more information about overproduction of urine view the video: Causes of bedwetting- overproduction of urine.

More information on bedwetting

For more information on Bedwetting, including risk factors, prevention and treatments, see Bed Wetting (Nocturnal Enuresis).

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