Traditional, Complementary, and Alternative Medicine in Nocturnal Enuresis in Children

Background: the use of complementary and alternative medicine (cam) treatments in childrenis increasing. due to the ineffectiveness of some pharmacological interventions or intoleranceto their side effects, different types of cam are used in various problems, such as enuresis inchildren. this study aimed to introduce the most common complementary and alternativemedicine methods used for enuresis in the pediatric population.objectives: this study aimed to introduce the most common complementary and alternativemedicine methods used for enuresis in the pediatric population.methods: medical literature search was performed in several databases for a variety oftraditional, complementary, and alternative medicine in nocturnal enuresis in children.databases used were google scholar, web of science, scopus, cochrane library, pubmed, anda number of persian databases, including magiran and sid. clinical trials, case series, or casereports that had evaluated the effectiveness of these therapies in nocturnal enuresis in childrenwere included. data were collected in english or persian from inception to early 2021.results: most studies had been performed on some cam methods, such as acupuncture. insome methods, such as reflexology, the studies were limited to case reports and in others,such as aromatherapy, there was no study related to children’s enuresis. based on the results,most cam methods have positive effects in the treatment of nocturnal enuresis and have theirunique theories about the concepts of etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of disease.conclusions: despite the relatively high use of cam treatments in nocturnal enuresis amongchildren, evidence of their effectiveness is not enough. more clinical trials are required toevaluate the safety and efficacy of these methods.