Rectal diameter assessment in enuretic children-exploring the association between constipation and bladder function.

CONCLUSIONS: The absence of differences regarding voiding chart data may be explained as two mechanisms neutralizing each other: behavioral factors may make the constipated children void seldom and with large volumes, whereas detrusor overactivity caused by rectal compression of the bladder may have the opposite effect. Another option may be that the voiding chart is too blunt an instrument to detect detrusor overactivity. Constipation, and thus presumably bladder dysfunction, seems to be more important in enuretic boys than girls. PMID: 30176757 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences - Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Ups J Med Sci Source Type: research