Bed Wetting - Causes, Symptions, Remedies and Preventions |
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Most doctors consider a bed wetting child to be any girl older than age four and any boy over age five who wet the bed. Bed wetting generally declines with age. About 10% of all six year olds and about 3% of all 14 year olds wet the bed. In a very small number of cases, bed wetting can continue into adulthood. |
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| Chronic bed-wetting is thought to be related to (1) a physically and/or neurologically immature bladder and/or (2) a deep sleeping pattern. Apparently these children often sleep so deeply that they are not aware of the message the bladder sends to the brain saying it is full. It is presumed that bed-wetting is an inherited condition. Usually a parent, aunt, uncle, grandparent or other family member(s) will have had the condition. Also, children with attention deficit disorder, learning disabilities or allergies seem to be more likely to be bed-wetters than children in the general population |
Bed Wetting - Symptoms : |
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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 bed wetting.
- 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
- Constipation
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Bed Wetting - Home remedies : |
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One hour before going to bed take six to eight oz. of cranberry juice.
Bed wetting 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. . |
Bed Wetting - Prevention |
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Each time the patient feels like urinating he must hold it for few seconds. This will stretch the bladder and the patient will be able to hold it for longer time. Do not drink any thing just before going to bed. |
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