See also bowel incontinence . Urinary incontinence can range from an occasional leakage of urine to a complete inability to hold any urine.
Incontinence is fairly rare in children.
Infants and children up to the time of toilet training are not considered incontinent but merely untrained. Occasional accidents in children up to age 6 years, especially with urine, are not unusual. Nighttime incontinence is usually referred to as bedwetting or enuresis in children. In young girls, and occasionally adolescent females, slight leakage of urine may be associated with laughing. Incontinence in children may be associated with severe urinary tract infections , spinal injuries and neurological abnormalities that result in abnormal bladder control.