Causes And Solutions of Bed Wetting
November 3, 2009
Bedwetting, also known as nocturnal enuresis or urinary incontinence, is common in toddlers and young children. This is a part of the development process of the child. Only about 1 percent of bed wetting incidence might be caused by an underlying disease. With patience and understanding, parents could help their children overcome bed wetting easily.
Certain underlying factors could be responsible for bed-wetting. Bed wetting is usually divided into two categories – primary bed wetting and secondary bed wetting. Primary bed wetting is a normal part of the development process of the child, which subsides gradually with proper toilet training or as the child develops. Inability to hold urine for the entire night, failing to wake up when the bladder is full, producing excess urine during the evening and night and developing poor toilet habit, including forcefully holding back urination during the day could cause primary bed wetting. Secondary bed wetting, characterized by sudden bed wetting after going dry for about 6 months, could be the symptom of a serious physical or emotional problem.
Secondary bed wetting is usually associated with juvenile diabetes and urinary tract infection. Anatomical defect, sleep apnea, chronic constipation, neurological problem and emotional stress could trigger bed wetting. Studies have shown that often bed wetting run within families. Children with at least one parent with a history of bed wetting during childhood could be prone to bed wetting. However, hereditary bed wetting stops gradually as the child grows up. Moreover, boys are more prone to bed wetting than girls are.
Bed wetting solution
If your child is not terribly upset with his bed wetting habit, he should not be given aggressive treatments to overcome this problem. Usually, bed wetting, which is not a symptom of an underlying disease, stops naturally, as the child grows up. Parents should not be excessively rigid about toilet training. Simple bedtime rituals, such as emptying the bladder before going to bed and staying away from fluids and beverages at least two hours before going to bed could reduce bed wetting. Sometimes bedwetting alarms could help the child to urinate in the night when his bladder is full. Maintaining proper daytime toilet habit could help to prevent bed wetting. If any underlying condition is responsible for bed wetting, treating these conditions helps to reduce bed wetting.
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