Guest guest Posted September 3, 2006 Report Posted September 3, 2006 I wanted to share some information that I got from my son's endocrinologist about two weeks ago that may be related to bedwetting. We saw the endocrinologist b/c Cole's MRI showed that there might be an abnormality in his pituitary gland. When the endocrinologist read the report, he said that the area in question is the posterior part of his pituitary gland. He said that this is where a hormone is released that helps control your bladder during sleep by slowing the production of urine. He said that this hormone is not produced in the pituitary gland but is released by this gland so medicine can be given to release the hormone. His endocrinologist suggested that we wait to see whether or not this is a problem for Cole. If bedwetting is a problem, we could consider the medicine. He also said that the posterior section of the pituitary gland is very difficult to take a see even using an MRI; therefore, Cole's posterior pituitary gland may be intact. So he did not think that we should repeat the MRI. He said that he worries more about the front section of the pituitary gland because that is where the growth hormones are. Since we are not yet potty training Cole or working on bedwetting, I didn't ask many questions but thought that this might be helpful to some of you. mother to Cole (19mo charge) and wife to :-) Louisville, KY Quote
Guest guest Posted September 3, 2006 Report Posted September 3, 2006 , That's a very significant piece of info. and a good place to look for a resolution to the problem. You may have many thankful Mom's for that post. in Ma. ( 21 yrs) Quote
Guest guest Posted September 3, 2006 Report Posted September 3, 2006 THanks for sharing , this is a message to keep...we are seeing endo in the next couple of months. Mom to Kennedy 8 (CHARGE), 17, 15, and wife to Graeme New Brunswick, Canada http://www.chargesyndrome.info > > I wanted to share some information that I got from my son's > endocrinologist > about two weeks ago that may be related to bedwetting. We saw the > endocrinologist b/c Cole's MRI showed that there might be an abnormality > in > his pituitary gland. When the endocrinologist read the report, he said > that > the area in question is the posterior part of his pituitary gland. He said > that this is where a hormone is released that helps control your bladder > during sleep by slowing the production of urine. He said that this hormone > is not produced in the pituitary gland but is released by this gland so > medicine can be given to release the hormone. His endocrinologist > suggested > that we wait to see whether or not this is a problem for Cole. If > bedwetting is a problem, we could consider the medicine. He also said that > the posterior section of the pituitary gland is very difficult to take a > see > even using an MRI; therefore, Cole's posterior pituitary gland may be > intact. So he did not think that we should repeat the MRI. He said that he > worries more about the front section of the pituitary gland because that > is > where the growth hormones are. Since we are not yet potty training Cole or > working on bedwetting, I didn't ask many questions but thought that this > might be helpful to some of you. > > mother to Cole (19mo charge) and wife to :-) > > Louisville, KY > > Quote
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