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Billings Pediatrician Doctors for Bedwetting

Type of Physician: Pediatrician

What is a Pediatrician?

A certification by the Board of Pediatrics; practitioners are concerned with the physical, emotional, and social health of children from birth to young adulthood. Pediatric care encompasses a wide range of health services, from preventive health care to the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic diseases. The pediatrician understands the constantly changing status of his/her patients due to growth and development, and the consequent changing standards of "normal" for age.

Specialty: Pediatrics

Common Name: Children's Doctor

Pediatrician Doctors in Billings *

Deaconess Billings Clinic Pediatrics
Deborah G Agnew
2800 10th Ave N
Billings, MT 59101
(406) 238-2305

Deaconess Billings Clinic Pediatrics
Fred Gunville
2800 10th Ave N
Billings, MT 59101
(406) 238-2305

Deaconess Billings Clinic Pediatrics
Linda R Johnson
2800 10th Ave N
Billings, MT 59101
(406) 238-2305

Deaconess Billings Clinic Pediatrics
Paul Kelker
2800 10th Ave N
Billings, MT 59101
(406) 238-2305

Deaconess Billings Clinic Pediatrics
Claire Kenamore
2800 10th Ave N
Billings, MT 59101
(406) 238-2305

Deaconess Billings Clinic Pediatrics
J Patrick Sauer
2800 10th Ave N
Billings, MT 59101
(406) 238-2305

Deaconess Billings Clinic Pediatrics
Brian Starr
2800 10th Ave N
Billings, MT 59101
(406) 238-2305

St Vincent Healthcare
Kari Barrett
1233 N 30th St
Billings, MT 59101
(406) 237-7076

St Vincent Healthcare
Jeffrey A Carroll
1233 N 30th St
Billings, MT 59101
(406) 237-7076

The Childrens Clinic
Gordon Collett
1232 N 30th St
STE 200
Billings, MT 59101
(406) 238-6600

The Childrens Clinic
Tanya D Jagodzinski
1232 N 30th St
STE 200
Billings, MT 59101
(406) 238-6600

The Childrens Clinic
Marian E Kummer
1232 N 30th St
STE 200
Billings, MT 59101
(406) 238-6600

The Childrens Clinic
Janis Langohr
1232 N 30th St
STE 200
Billings, MT 59101
(406) 238-6600

The Childrens Clinic
Laura Nicholson
1232 N 30th St
STE 200
Billings, MT 59101
(406) 238-6600

The Childrens Clinic
David Standish
1232 N 30th St
STE 200
Billings, MT 59101
(406) 238-6600

The Childrens Clinic
Richard Stevens
1232 N 30th St
STE 200
Billings, MT 59101
(406) 238-6600

The Childrens Clinic
Lionel Tapia
1232 N 30th St
STE 200
Billings, MT 59101
(406) 238-6600

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Bedwetting

What is bedwetting?

Bedwetting, also called nocturnal enuresis, is the involuntary passage of urine (urinary incontinence) while asleep. Inherent in the definition of bedwetting is satisfactory bladder control while the person is awake. Therefore, urination while awake is a different condition and has a variety of difference causes than bedwetting.

What are the types of bedwetting?

There are two types of bedwetting:

  1. Primary enuresis: bedwetting since infancy
  2. Secondary enuresis: wetting developed after being continually dry for a minimum of six months

What is primary bedwetting?

Primary bedwetting is viewed as a delay in maturation of the nervous system. At 5 years of age, approximately 20% of children wet the bed at least once a month, with about 5% of males and 1% of females wetting nightly. By 6 years of age, only about 10% of children are bedwetters -- the large majority being boys. The percentage of all children who are bedwetters continues to diminish by 50% each year after 5 years of age. Family history plays a big role in predicting primary bedwetting. If one parent was a bedwetter, the offspring have a 45% chance of a developing primary enuresis as well.

What is the basic problem in primary bedwetting?

The fundamental problem for children with primary bedwetting is the inability to recognize messages of the nervous system sent by the full bladder to the sleep arousal centers of the brain while asleep. In addition, bladder capacity is often smaller in bedwetting children than in their peers.

Is primary bedwetting due to emotional problems?

Parents sometimes believe that their child's primary bedwetting is emotional. No medical or scientific literature exists to support this impression.

How is primary bedwet...

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Sleep »

What is sleep?

There are over 20 definitions of "sleep" in several dictionaries. The first, a verb, seems most appropriate:

to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake.

Physiologically, sleep is a complex process of restoration and renewal for the body. Scientists still do not have a definitive explanation for why humans have a need for sleep. We do know that sleep is not a passive process or "switching off" of body functions; sleep is believed to be important in many physiologic processes including the processing of experiences and the consolidation of memories. It is also clear that sleep is essential, not only for humans but for almost all animals.

The importance of sleep is underscored by the symptoms experienced by those suffering from sleep problems. People s...

Emergency Contact for Billings

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Nearby Billings Hospitals *

Deaconess Billings Clinic
2800 10th Ave N
Billings, MT 59101
(406)657-4000

St Vincent Healthcare
1233 N 30th St
Billings, MT 59101
(406)237-7000

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