When bedwetting occurs in the elderly, they should go to the hospital for a detailed examination in time to clarify exactly what causes the bedwetting and then actively treat the cause. This bedwetting can only be completely cured when the patient is treated for the original cause. For example, in elderly female patients, it may be caused by incontinence, such as neurogenic bladder, which can cause the patient to develop filling incontinence. This is when aggressive catheterization should be performed or cystostomy treatment should be performed to adequately drain the urine. In elderly men, chronic urinary retention may be caused by prostatic hyperplasia, leading to incontinence. This is when aggressive surgical treatment of prostate enlargement is needed to achieve better results. It is also possible that the incontinence caused by having surgery, which leads to bedwetting, also needs to be given aggressive symptomatic treatment.