EVALUATION OF NOCTURNAL ENURESIS IN THALASSEMIC PATIENTS IN HEREDITARY BLOOD DISEASE CENTER AT KARBALA TEACHING HOSPITAL

Background: Enuresis in thalasemic patients is one of psychosocial problem that presented to us in hereditary blood disease center at karbala teaching hospital. Aim: To determine the type of enuresis,gender predominency and associated certain predisposing factors in thalassemia major ,thalassemia intermedia and sickle thalassemic patients in hereditary blood disease center at karbala teaching hospital . Method: Across sectional study involved sixty-one patients with thalassemia and sickle thalassemia from 396 patients registered in hereditary blood disease center at karbala teaching hospital at age of 5-18 yrs and had enuresis.medical history, physical examination, urinalysis and renal ultrasound were evaluated. Results: The percentage of primary eneuresis in thalassemic patients were 83.6%.the percentage of male patients were 67.2% . 75.4 % had family history of eneuresis .just 13.1 % had urinary tract infection and 98.4% with normal renal ultrasound. Conclusion: The percentage of primary to secondary enuresis in thalassemic patient were similar to that of normal populations.The percentage of the males and family history of enuresis in enuretic thalassemic patients were more than that of normal population . After meticulous search we cannot find research concerned with enuretic thalasemic patients in iraq .