Doctor had prescribed a nocturnal enuresis alarm to patient.Child is age (b)(6) and wets 4-5 times a week.Parents purchased enuresis alarm from bedwettingstore.Com, an online website which sells nocturnal enuresis alarms.Site is the distributor of malem alarms which is what parents purchased.After one use, the alarm has injured the child.While asleep, alarm malfunctioned and overheated.Since the alarm was placed close to the child's neck, the child has suffered burns on neck area.Parents were informed by child about stinging at night and they removed the alarm to determine cause of burns.Alarm was shown to the pediatrician and returned back to the family.The alarm overheating was not normal and likely caused by the alarm itself and not a fault of operation.Heat has deformed plastic housing of the alarm.
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