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Why Is Child With History Of Meningomyelocele Unable To Control Urine?

hello doctor, i m a mother of 2 children n my younger son was a suffering from meningomyelocele at the birth time n he underwent n operation,now he is 3yr old n still his urine is uncontrolled i would like to know whether there is any treatment or not
posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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Hi, Often surgeries for meningomyelocoele do not have 100% recovery. We need to look at his lower limb movements too. Is he able to move around or stand? Usually there will be minor deficits of bladder like urgency and not able to completely evacuate his bladder and bowels. If all these symptoms are persisting then its difficult to normalise
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Why Is Child With History Of Meningomyelocele Unable To Control Urine?

Hi, Often surgeries for meningomyelocoele do not have 100% recovery. We need to look at his lower limb movements too. Is he able to move around or stand? Usually there will be minor deficits of bladder like urgency and not able to completely evacuate his bladder and bowels. If all these symptoms are persisting then its difficult to normalise