Archive for the 'Bed Wetting' Category

The ability to control the bladder functions at night matures increases as a child’s body grows and his bed wetting is likely to decrease.

Most children who suffer from bed wetting outgrow it before their preteen years and if not, then by the time they enter their teenage years.

It is estimated that only 1% of adults suffers from the chronic problem of bed wetting.

However until bed wetting becomes a thing of the past it is significant to be supportive of a child who wets the bed.

1. Be sensitive to your child’s concerns and reassure him or her whenever they wish to talk about the problem.
2. Many children are anxious, embarrassed and frightened that their friends will find out that they wet their beds and they will then become the object of ridicule. Make sure your child knows that it is not anything he or she does that causes the bed wetting and that in time it will go away.
3. Do not get angry with your child for wetting his or her bed and do not make too big a deal of it, otherwise it is likely to affect your child’s self esteem. Don’t allow other siblings to laugh at or tease the bedwetting child about his or her problem or this could make the problem seem worse than it is.

Bed wetting or nocturnal enuresis can be a distressing problem for both children and adults in a similar way.

Bed wetting is a sensitive topic that is usually regarded as a taboo, and one needs to take extreme caution when talking to their child about a bed wetting problem.

It can be hard as a parent to decide what you should and shouldn’t say to your child about bed wetting.

About 40% of all children that are three years old, and roughly five million children that are over age five are affected with bed wetting. While the problem bed wetting generally disappears on its own, there are some things to consider when helping your child to get through the problem.

Discuss With Your Child about Bed Wetting

Children can be very embarrassed about their bed wetting problem, but it’s significant to talk about the issue so that you can have a clear line of communication when it comes to solving the problem.

One significant thing to note is to tell your child that it is not their fault that they wet the bed. Parents may be doing more harm than good when trying to help bed wetting if they attack their children with harsh words.

It was earlier believed the cause of bed wetting is a sleep disorder.

This is because in some children snoring appears to accompany bed wetting.

Snoring in children can sometimes be a result of what is known as obstructive sleep apnea.

This breathing problem is much more common in adults, particularly middle aged men, than it is in children but children can still develop it.

Obstructive sleep apnea is a partial obstruction to or intermittent interruption of the flow of air to the lungs, enough to seriously interfere with breathing.

Large Adenoids

The most common cause of OSA to develop is children are due to large adenoids. The adenoids are to be found located behind the nasal passages and are similar in their function to tonsils as they are collections of lymph glands that serve to fight infection.

Plenty of children who have large adenoids do snore but don’t essentially suffer from obstructive sleep apnea. Nor are they any more likely to suffer with bed wetting on a regular basis.

Those children who do develop obstructive sleep apnea suffer short periods of time throughout the night when they in fact stop breathing all together.