Bed wetting cure - Bedwetting (or enuresis or '"sleepwetting"') is involuntary urination while asleep. Bedwetting is the normal state of affairs in infancy, but can be a source of embarrassment when it persists into school age or beyond.
Primary bedwetting is when the child has never been dry at night or would not sleep dry without being taken to the toilet by another person or has some dry nights but continues to average at least two wet nights a week with no long periods of dryness. Secondary Bedwetting occurs when a child goes through an extended period of dryness and begins to experience night-time wetting again.
Children usually solve their bedwetting problem by developing one or both of two abilities. One is a hormone cycle in which a minute burst of an antidiuretic hormone happens daily about sunset reducing kidney output of urine well into the night so the bladder doesn't get full until morning. This hormone cycle is not present at birth. Many children develop it between the ages of two and six, others between six and the end of puberty, and some not at all. The other is the ability to awaken before Bedwetting. For some children this is a natural extension of learning to be aware of and control their bladders while awake. For other children, a variety of factors suppress or disrupt this awareness when asleep, and they are unlikely to develop it. Taking children to use the toilet while not fully awake can prolong dependence on that by encouraging them to bedwet while asleep.
Figures commonly cited suggest that enough children bedwet at age six (perhaps one in three) so that it is within normal expectations and supportive management is appropriate until a child is seven or eight or has the maturity and desire to take an active role in planning and implementing specific treatment for bed wetting problem. Even with no active treatment, about 15% (one in seven) of children who do sleepwet will stop each year through natural development.
The two most popular prescription drugs used to treat bedwetting are Imipramine and DDAVP. The use of absorbent products such as diapers or other products should be appropriate to the child’s age and size and never used to punish or embarrass or deny reasonable privacy.
Any punishment for dealing with bedwetting, including restrictions, teasing, or shaming, whether actual or threatened, are counterproductive in the treatment of bedwetting. Encouragement of self reliance allows for the child's own natural and native development to acquire the ability to stop bedwetting on his or her own terms.
Giving each child age-appropriate respect, responsibility, and participation in management and treatment planning without coercion or duress may be the key to effectively treat bed wetting.
