Children's health

This service is for children with bladder and bowel conditions.

It is aimed at children between the ages of:

• six months to 19 years for constipation and bowel issues
• from three and a half years for day time wetting
• from five years for night time wetting

It is led by continence specialist nurses, who provide assessment and treatment plans for children who suffer with a range of bladder and bowel conditions.

They work closely with the hospital paediatricians and their team to ensure effective treatment and care planning for the individual child. 

Referrals can be accepted from all health professionals in Lincolnshire, including:

• GPs
• health visitors
• children and young people's nurses

Bladder and bowel resources

Constipation and laxatives:

• understanding childhood constipation - a guide for parents and carers
• understanding the management of faecal impaction and constipation - a guide for parents and carers 
• the poo in you video explains impaction and constipation
• managing disimpaction and constipation with Macrogol laxatives
• a parent's guide to disimpaction
• how to prepare Macrogol laxatives
• poo nurses video will explain how to use Macrogol

Bladder - daytime wetting:

• talk about daytime bladder problems
• talk about having an ultrasound bladder scan

Bladder - night time wetting:

• talk about bedwetting (Enuresis)
• understanding bedwetting (Enuresis)
• understanding bedwetting in children with Down’s Syndrome and other learning disabilities

Desmopressin for nocturnal enuresis:

• using Desmopressin as a treatment for bedwetting

Medicines for children patient information leaflets:

• Macrogol (Movicol, Laxido and Cosmocol)
• sodium picosulfate
• Desmopressin

Other information leaflets:

• understanding Hirschsprung’s Disease - a guide for parents and carers
• understanding Anorectal Malformations (ARM’s) - a guide for carers