Why do children urinate frequently at night?

We all know that many children urinate a lot during the day. This is very common, and when they are very young, adults are needed to help them urinate. Bed-wetting is very common in childhood, but generally speaking, it will no longer be the case by the time the child is two or three years old and can speak. However, some mothers find that their children urinate a lot at night, and sometimes still wet the bed. So why do children urinate a lot at night?

Mental stress, environmental changes

Easy to become a trigger

Children with neurogenic urinary frequency do not actually have any organic lesions. There are two main reasons for frequent urination: internal and external. The internal reason is that the cerebral cortex of children is not yet fully developed, and the inhibitory function of the primary urination center of the spinal cord is poor, which makes it easy to be affected by adverse external stimuli and have urination dysfunction. External factors may be some negative influences in the child’s recent life, which have caused the child to be nervous or have formed adverse stimulation to his or her mental state, such as changes in living environment, lack of psychological preparation like just entering kindergarten or school, or the sudden separation of parents or the death of relatives. In addition, it may also be due to fear of exams or fear of certain animals, etc., which may increase the child's mental tension, cause anxiety, and cause the function of inhibiting urination to be impaired. As a result, the child will show frequent urge to urinate and increase the frequency of urination.

Psychological adjustment is enough

Use medication with caution

If you find that your child has frequent urination, you should first take him to the hospital for examination to rule out the possibility of any disease. Since neurogenic urinary frequency is a non-infectious type of urinary frequency and urgency, and urinary tract infection in children is an infectious disease and can also manifest as frequent urination and urgency, a routine urine test at the hospital can provide a clear diagnosis. Urine tests for urinary tract infections in children will be abnormal, showing turbid urine mainly composed of white blood cells. Children will generally also have other symptoms of discomfort, such as fever, crying, irritability, etc. An experienced pediatrician can usually tell the difference.

Through the above explanation, I think everyone should understand that there are many reasons why children urinate frequently at night. We need to use the above methods to properly judge why children urinate frequently. If you still can't tell the difference, you need to see a doctor in time to avoid delaying your child's condition. It is very likely that frequent urination is caused by some other reasons.