ridiculous! most of the men and boys on this planet are uncircumcised. just the way god made them. uncircumcised boys do not wet the bed more than circumcised boys and going through this unnecessary and painful procedure for a 12-year old is not a cure for his bedwetting. the only exception would be if his foreskin was so tight that he is having difficulty urinating and his foreskin is "ballooning" from trapped urine when he pees. even then there are ways of fixing a tight foreskin without circumcision. there are medications that can help. assuming you can get them in your country. that can really really help. desmopressin (ddavp) is what i have used for years for bedwetting and in my opinion works like a charm in the vast majority of bedwetters. one major cause of bedwetting is the lack of adh (anti-diuretic hormone). a hormone that reduces the amount of urine that is produced at night. if a young boy does not have enough of this natural hormone the body will continue to produce urine at the same rate is day-time. not something that is desirable. desmopressin replaces this hormone. clearly his doctor is suggesting a surgery and i absolutely do not agree with this unorthodox approach. consider seeing a child endocrinologist. even if you have to travel to a larger city or at least suggest desmopressin as a non-surgical approach. your son needs help. bedwetting is embarrassing and it is not his fault.
circumcision as a cure for bed wetting. we are currently living in a developing country. our 12-year-old son wets his bed almost every night. we used to have a beeper that would trigger when he was starting to urinate at night but the device broke down and we cannot get one here. it seemed effective though. . now a phycisian here suggests to perform a circumcision in order to solve the bed wetting issue. i'm wondering if this really is a standard solution and if there is scientific research proving this?