What are the dangers of bedwetting in children

When children reach a certain age, they will no longer wet the bed like normal adults. However, bedwetting over time will cause certain harm to children. Of course, in order to prevent their children from wetting the bed at night, many parents will wake their children up in the middle of the night to go to the toilet, which will also affect the children’s sleep quality. So what are the dangers of bedwetting in children? Let’s find out together.

Bedwetting is normal in the eyes of parents. In order to prevent bedwetting, many parents will wake their children up in the middle of the night, thinking that such phenomenon will not occur when the children grow up. But do you know? Bedwetting is actually very harmful to children. Parents must not ignore it anymore and must seek timely treatment.

Experts point out: Under normal circumstances, children around 2-3 years old can control nighttime urination and can get up once at night or urinate until dawn. However, if a child still cannot wake up to urinate at night after the age of 3, he or she is sick. This is medically known as "enuresis", commonly known as bed-wetting. Children who wet the bed may wet the bed several times a night or once every few days; some can wake up after wetting, while others remain drowsy and unconscious.

Clinical observations have shown that if bedwetting is not treated in time, it can easily make children introverted, sensitive, timid, and have an inferiority complex. Some severe cases may even have difficulty communicating with others, become paranoid, and have violent tendencies, resulting in personality defects and affecting the growth of children, causing them to be short (2-5 cm shorter than normal children), thin, or puffy.

Long-term bed-wetting can also affect brain development, leading to symptoms such as poor memory, inattention, hyperactivity, slow reaction, lower IQ and poor academic performance. Not only that, as they grow older, puberty will also affect the development of children's secondary sexual characteristics, making them more likely to have physiological diseases such as hidden testicles, small penis, small bladder, small uterus, etc., which will affect their life as adults.

Data show that more than 85% of bedwetting children have significant gaps in language expression, number sorting and logical ability compared to normal children. Surveys show that the IQ of children who wet the bed is 17-23% lower than that of normal children. Those who are not treated early will have poor social interaction and coordination skills, and no plans for work and life in adulthood, which will seriously affect their interpersonal relationships, career development and family harmony.

The above is a detailed introduction to the dangers of bedwetting in children. Many parents always think that their children are still young and bedwetting is a normal phenomenon. Invisibly, you will develop bad living habits for your children. Bedwetting will have a bad impact on the development of their reproductive organs and may even affect their future family life. Therefore, bedwetting should be treated in time.