We treated a young boy on (b)(6) who has suffered first degree burn in sleep.The boy was using an enuresis alarm for treatment of primary nocturnal enuresis.The alarm has had an electrical and mechanical failure which caused it to overheat and burn the epidermis.This resulted in pain and reddening of the epidermis.The parents did not realize and check at least 45 minutes into the incident and mistreated the child with cold water.The patient had swelling and blisters.The hospital is treating the boy with another routine follow-up.The alarm is in our possession and we have advised the parents to discontinue using any device at this time.The defect is in the alarm because operation is straight forward and simple.
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