| Every night millions of families face the issue of | | | | leading to frequent bedwetting. |
| bedwetting. Mostly children under the age of six | | | | Diaper usage leading to a very comfortable and dry |
| suffer from this problem and sometimes it lasts right | | | | feeling also makes the child unable to learn how to |
| into their teenage years. | | | | control the bladder movement while asleep. |
| Medical practitioners are not very sure about the | | | | Families and the affected children can become very |
| cause and how this problem suddenly stops. Most | | | | stressed due to this problem. Guilt and |
| children normally grow out of it naturally and without | | | | embarrassment causes anxiety among the affected |
| any medication. It is not usually a sign of any | | | | children when they have to spend nights outside their |
| emotional or medical issues. | | | | family circle or when they have to attend camps. |
| There are two types of bedwetting, namely primary | | | | By reassuring the child that this habit can be cured |
| enuresis and secondary enuresis. In the primary | | | | easily and lending emotional support will be very |
| bedwetting the child is rarely dry during night and | | | | helpful to the child to overcome this problem. |
| continues to wet the bed at least twice a week for | | | | By reminding the child to use the bathroom one last |
| a year. As the child grows up and with good parental | | | | time prior to their bedtime will be a good practice. |
| guidance most of the children stop the habit. | | | | Waking the child during their deep sleep is not a big |
| Secondary enuresis is when the children start wetting | | | | help at all to overcome this problem, although it may |
| the bed after a temporary respite of a year. | | | | provide dry nights as a temporary solution. |
| Sometimes this continues until the affected child | | | | In some rare cases, if abrupt bedwetting is combined |
| reaches their teens. Doctors consider hereditary traits | | | | with other symptoms may indicate a medical |
| as one of the causes for primary and secondary | | | | condition. It is better to consult the doctor |
| enuresis. | | | | immediately who will check for signs of constipation, |
| Another factor is the non development of a hormone | | | | bladder trouble, infected urinary tract or stress. |
| cycle which consists of a tiny burst of antidiuretic | | | | Bedwetting alarms can help cure the problem |
| hormone which should occur around sunset to reduce | | | | because of the noise it makes immediately after the |
| urinary output from the kidney through the night to | | | | first drop of moisture is sensed by the built-in pad. |
| prevent the bladder getting full. This development is | | | | Upon hearing the alarm, the child awakes and goes to |
| not present at the time of birth and children normally | | | | the toilet to clear the bladder. Alternative medicine |
| develop this cycle when they reach two years of | | | | such as Homeopathy claims that some formulas |
| age. In some children this development occurs late. In | | | | developed by them can help the child to attain good |
| some cases this hormone cycle never develops at all | | | | bladder control. |
