A girl,age 5 1/2 years,has been sent to the school nurse for urinary incontinence three times in the past 2 days.The nurse should recommend to her parent that the first action is to have the child evaluated for what condition?

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Girls between the ages of 2 and 6 years are considered high risk for UTIs.This child is showing signs of a UTI,including incontinence in a toilet-trained child and possible urinary frequency or urgency.A physiologic cause should be ruled out before psychosocial factors are investigated.Glomerulonephritis usually manifests with decreased urinary output and fluid retention.ADHD can contribute to urinary incontinence because the child is distracted,but the first manifestation was incontinence,not distractibility.

A Girl,age 5 1/2 Years,has Been Sent to the School