Iken Posted July 28 Share Posted July 28 It seems like bed wetting is on the rise in this country. Here's an article on it. https://time.com/6296729/adult-bedwetting-shame/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzyzx Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 2 hours ago, Iken said: It seems like bed wetting is on the rise in this country. Here's an article on it. https://time.com/6296729/adult-bedwetting-shame/ I don't think it is on the rise. In the past I believe it was more under reported. When I ended up with (occasional) secondary nocturnal enuresis years (decades) ago, I felt the statistics out of Israel were probably more accurate than most due to required military service.... The tri-state incontinence support site hasn't been online for some time, or I'd add a pointer to their graph of incontinence vs age with male / female split. Don't know if that could be dug out of the way back (internet archives) machine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Davis Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 I believe zzyzx is correct. There is more public awareness of nocturnal enuresis today and, while the stigma persists, it seems not to be so bad as it was years ago. --John 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarth Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 i think acceptance about it is on the rise, we have a long way to go but its being talked about in a good article like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slomo Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 On 7/28/2023 at 9:31 PM, zzyzx said: I don't think it is on the rise. In the past I believe it was more under reported. When I ended up with (occasional) secondary nocturnal enuresis years (decades) ago, I felt the statistics out of Israel were probably more accurate than most due to required military service.... The tri-state incontinence support site hasn't been online for some time, or I'd add a pointer to their graph of incontinence vs age with male / female split. Don't know if that could be dug out of the way back (internet archives) machine. I believe incontinence IS on the rise. In decades past, people were shamed and outright forced to obtain and maintain their continence. Even when that meant extreme and painful procedures. Though yes I also believe it was also under reported too, and for good reason. With acceptance on the rise, and the stigma on the decline, awareness of the same old trends is increasing without finding an actual increase in incontinence cases. Except that would also mean not as many people are being driven towards continence. There IS an increase number of people who would rather allow themselves to become incontinent. Thereby driving up to total cases by a slight margin. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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