Why do children often wet the bed?

In life, bedwetting is quite common in children, especially in older children, which makes parents very worried. Most parents do not know whether their children's bedwetting is caused by disease. Generally speaking, most children will no longer wet the bed at night after the age of 3. If the baby wets the bed over 3 years old, it is mostly caused by disease. Parents must take their children to the hospital in time to find out the cause and treat it symptomatically.

Causes of bedwetting in children

If a child wets the bed, parents must not beat, scold or humiliate the child, because this will only make the child more nervous and even aggravate the bedwetting phenomenon. Parents should build up the child's confidence and praise and encourage the child when the child does not wet the bed. In this way, the bedwetting phenomenon of the child will be reduced. There are many reasons for children's bedwetting, some of which are disease-related and some are psychological. Parents should reduce or avoid bedwetting for their children based on the specific circumstances.

Genetic factors

Nocturnal enuresis usually runs in families. If both parents have been nocturnal enuresis patients, their children have a 3/4 chance of wetting the bed. If one parent has a history of bedwetting, their child has a 1/2 chance of developing the condition. Some children have bedwetting due to genetic factors. This situation mostly occurs in boys. The children's fathers also often wet the bed when they were young. The bedwetting caused by this situation sometimes heals itself during puberty.

Disease factors

If the bed-wetting is too severe, you can see a doctor to check if there are any special problems. The focus of the examination is to see whether there are any abnormalities in the nerve function, whether there are any lesions in the spinal area, whether the urination response is normal, and whether there is infection or other abnormalities in the urine test.

Pinworm infestation (irritation of the urethral opening by the worms), urinary tract infection, kidney disease, local inflammation of the urethral opening, spina bifida, spinal cord injury, sacral nerve dysfunction, epilepsy, incomplete brain development, small bladder capacity, etc. can all cause bedwetting in children, but enuresis caused by illness only accounts for a small proportion. For the vast majority of children, bedwetting is related to mental factors, hygiene habits, environmental factors, etc.

Bedwetting in children not only affects their lives, but also causes certain harm to their psychology. Children who often wet the bed are often timid, sensitive, easily excited or overly restrained. Therefore, parents should find out the reasons why their children wet the bed in time and help them stop wetting the bed as soon as possible.

1. Develop a good work and rest system and hygiene habits, avoid overwork, master the time and pattern of bedwetting, and use an alarm clock to wake up the child to urinate 1 to 2 times at night.

2. Avoid excessive excitement or strenuous exercise during the day to prevent deep sleep at night.

3. Build confidence throughout the entire treatment process. Gradually correcting emotions or behaviors such as shyness, anxiety, fear and timidity, taking care of the patient's self-esteem, giving more comfort and encouragement, less scolding and punishment, and reducing their psychological burden are the keys to successful treatment.

4. Correctly handle the mental factors that cause enuresis. Understand the mental inducements and possible psychological contradictions that lead to enuresis through medical history. Solve the mental stimulation factors that can be solved as soon as possible. For the contradictions and problems that have already occurred or exist objectively in reality and cannot be solved subjectively, focus on patiently educating and explaining to eliminate mental tension and avoid emotional distress. Avoid drinking water after dinner and empty your bladder before going to bed to reduce the frequency of bedwetting.

5. Urinary interruption training: Encourage your child to interrupt urination in the middle of each urination, count from 1 to 10 by himself, and then urinate completely. This can train and improve the bladder sphincter's ability to control urination.

6. Urine retention training: Let your child drink more water during the day. When he feels the urge to urinate, let him hold his urine. Each time, he should not hold his urine for more than 30 minutes. Train 1 to 2 times a day to expand the bladder and increase its capacity, thereby reducing the number of urinations at night.