Enuresis: Complications

The following are the most important diseases or complications that may be contributed to by enuresis (wetting up):

Mouth, esophagus (food pipe), stomach, and intestines (K00-K67; K90-K93).

  • Constipation (constipation)
  • Fecal incontinence – inability to hold the urge to defecate.

Psyche – nervous system (F00-F99; G00-G99)

  • Anxieties
  • Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
  • Depressive disorders
  • Developmental disorders
  • Motor development disorders
  • Mental disorders, unspecified
  • Sleep apnea syndrome – symptom ,which is caused by respiratory arrest (apnea) during sleep.
  • Sleep disorders such as sleepwalking
  • Language development disorders
  • Social behavior disorders

Psychological disorders are more common in secondary enuresis and in children who enuresis during the day.

Genitourinary system (kidneys, urinary tract – sex organs) (N00-N99).

  • Common urinary tract infections (UTIs), unspecified.