Occasional Nighttime Wetting in Pediatrics — 8yo Child | General Pediatrics | SMLE Q#1143
SMLE Question #1143
Pediatrics
General Pediatrics
Last updated: February 2026
An 8-year-old boy is brought to the pediatric clinic for persistent daytime urinary accidents with occasional nighttime wetting. He has no dysuria, urgency, weak stream, constipation, or prior urinary tract infections. Abdominal, genital, and focused lower-limb/perineal neurologic examinations are normal. A behavioral program is started that includes repeated voluntary contractions of the muscles used to interrupt urine flow and improve continence. Which group of muscles is the primary target of this therapy?
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