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How can you care for yourself when you have enuresis?
- Use a moisture alarm. When it sounds or vibrates at night, get up and empty your bladder right away. Use the alarm every night until you have been dry for 3 months. By then, your body will be much better trained to stay dry at night.
- Be a record-keeper. Keep a calendar or diary of your wet and dry nights, what helps, and what does not.
- Reward yourself for success. Write down your first goal for success, such as "Be dry for 2 nights in a week." Write down how you will reward yourself when you have reached your goal. When you do reach your goal, make a new goal, such as "Be dry for 3 nights in a week."
- Be prepared for setbacks. If you have a wet night or two, get right back on your training plan.
- If your doctor has prescribed medicine, take it exactly as prescribed. Call your doctor if you think you are having a problem with your medicine.
- Do not drink a lot of fluids in the evening. Empty your bladder right before you go to bed.
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