Medical history (history of illness) represents an important component in the diagnosis of enuresis (enuresis).
Family history
Social history
- Is there any evidence of psychosocial stress or strain due to your family situation?
- Does your child have school problems?
Current medical history/systemic history (somatic and psychological complaints).
- When does your child wet? During the day and/or at night?
- How often does your child wet? Every day? Several times a week?
- When does your child wet? Only at home? Only outside of home?
- How often does your child go to the bathroom during the day? Does it have to get up at night to go to the toilet?
- How does your child urinate? Have you ever observed stopping maneuvers?
- Is there an interruption in the urinary stream? Does your child have to strain/press?
- Does the underpants have a yellow spot during the day?
- Has your child ever had a urinary tract infection(s)?
- In your opinion, is your child developing in a timely manner?
- Are there any behavioral problems with your child?
Vegetative anamnesis incl. nutritional anamnesis.
- Does your child suffer from constipation? Stool smearing?
- Does your child defecate? If so, when and how often?
- How much does your child drink daily? What does it drink predominantly? When does it drink? Increased in the evening?
Self history incl. medication history
- Pre-existing conditions
- Operations
- Radiotherapy
- Allergies
- Medication history
Reference to keeping a daily diary
A diary (micturition log; urinary diary; bladder diary) should be kept for 2/14 days with the following entries:
- Frequency of micturition on 2 days
- Micturition volume
- Drinking amount/24 h on 2 days
- Time to fall asleep and time to get up
- Complaints such as incontinence, sudden urge to urinate or pain.
- Urinary incontinence events in 14 days.
- Fecal incontinence events in 14 days, including frequency of bowel emptying.
