Causes, Symptoms an Home Remedies for Bed Wetting Treatment

It's very common for a young boy or girl to wake up in the middle of the night or early in the morning to find that they have wet the bed. While it can be socially embarrassing, it is normal for some to go through that phase. Bedwetting, also known as enuresis, is more common in boys than in girls and will usually go away when greater control of the bladder is gained. The reason that a boy or girl wets the bed in their younger years is more likely to be because they were not able to feel that their bladders were full and hence unable to wake up to urinate. At times, the child will have a realistic dream that they are relieving themselves in the bathroom while actually relieving themselves on the bed.

Bedwetting Causes

While bedwetting can be a symptom of an underlying disease, the large majority of children who wet the bed have no underlying disease. In fact, a true organic cause is identified in only about 1% of children who wet the bed. However, this does not mean that the child who wets the bed can control it or is doing it on purpose. Children who wet the bed are not lazy, willful, or disobedient.

There are two types of bedwetting: primary and secondary. Primary bedwetting refers to bedwetting that has been ongoing since early childhood without a break. A child with primary bedwetting has never been dry at night for any significant length of time. Secondary bedwetting is bedwetting that starts again after the child has been dry at night for a significant period of time (at least six months).

In general, primary bedwetting probably indicates immaturity of the nervous system. A bedwetting child does not recognize the sensation of the full bladder during sleep and thus does not awaken during sleep to urinate into the toilet.

Bedwetting Symptoms

Most people (80%) who wet their beds, wet only at night. They tend to have no other symptoms other than wetting the bed at night.

Other symptoms could suggest psychological causes or problems with the nervous system or kidneys and should alert the family or health-care provider that this may be more than routine bedwetting.

Wetting during the day

Frequency, urgency, or burning on urination

Straining, dribbling, or other unusual symptoms with urination

Cloudy or pinkish urine, or blood stains on underpants or pajamas

Soiling, being unable to control bowel movements (known as fecal incontinence or encopresis)

Bedwetting Treatment

General principles

Bedwetting is typically seen more as a social disturbance than a medical disease. It creates embarrassment and anxiety in the child and sometimes conflict with parents. The single most important thing parents can and should do is to be supportive and reassuring rather than blaming and punishing. Primary nocturnal enuresis has a very high rate of spontaneous resolution of approximately 15% per year.

The many treatment options range from home remedies to drugs, even surgery for children with anatomical problems.

Underlying medical or emotional conditions should first be ruled out.

If there is an underlying condition, it should be treated and eradicated.

If bedwetting persists once these steps are taken, however, there is considerable debate as to how and when to treat.

Treatment of uncomplicated bedwetting is not appropriate for children younger than 5 years of age.

Because a majority of children 5 years and older spontaneously stop bedwetting without any treatment, many medical professionals generally choose to observe the child until age 7.

The age at which to treat, then, depends on the attitudes of the child, the parents/caregivers, and the health-care provider.

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Bedwetting Remedies

Natural Remedies for Bedwetting

One hour before going to bed take six to eight oz. of cranberry juice.

Bedwetting can also be treated using herbs like causticum, lycopodium, ursi, corn silk and pulsatilla.-Before going to bed eat two tsp walnut halves and one tsp raisins.- Drink herbal tea made from herbs like oak bark, horsetail, wormwood or bearberry.- Massage inner thigh of the patient with St. John's wort oil.- Retention control training - Practice retention control by postponing urination during the day, first by a few minutes and then by gradually increased amounts of time. This exercise will help strengthen the muscles that control urination and also increase the capacity of the bladder.- Avoid taking liquids before bedtime and make sure you empty the bladder before hitting the sack.