SLEEP/AROUSAL AND ENURESIS SUBTYPES

Abstract

It is proposed that the mechanisms responsible for enuresis are maturational delays and the extent of the maturational lag equates with the severity of the clinical picture. Included in this clinical spectrum are children who demonstrate diurnal incontinence and those with secondary enuresis. The former is a condition of maturational severity and the latter is a maturational change. The ability to arouse is fundamental to those who are continent.