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Nicklaus Children’s Hospital has several outpatient and urgent care centers throughout South Florida, including on-demand, virtual care.
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Also known as: pelvic floor retraining.
Biofeedback is a technique children are taught to identify and properly relax their urinary sphincter muscle when urinating, as well as to contract the muscle effectively to maintain normal urinary control. Biofeedback is effective in many children who:
Do not empty their bladders completely
Strain to urinate
Have recurrent urinary tract infections
Experience periods of urgency to urinate
Continue to wet despite other therapies
No electric pulses are felt by the patient.
In order to better assess the way your child empties his or her bladder, an ultrasound scan of the bladder is performed to measure the volume of urine at the beginning of the session and the amount left inside after urination. Also, an uroflowmetry test (voiding into a special commode) is performed to evaluate urine flow and pelvic floor activity. It is important that your child arrives for the biofeedback session with a full bladder. To do this, have the child drink clear liquid for one hour prior to the session. Children under 7 years of age should drink at least two cups of water (16 oz). Children over 7 years of age should drink at least four to five cups of water (32-40 oz).
Your child should avoid:
Drinks with Caffeine (iced tea, soda, coffee)
Carbonated drinks (soda, seltzer)
Citric juices (orange, lemonade) and fruits
Chocolate
Dairy products (milk, cheese, ice cream)
Reviewed by: Mariarita Salvitti, MD
This page was last updated on: January 21, 2022 10:42 AM
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