Why does a child wet the bed while sleeping?

Bedwetting is something that we will all encounter in our life's growth experience. If a child does not wet the bed, it will definitely surprise everyone. Bedwetting occurs too often and is too common among children, so many people in our lives do not pay much attention to it. In fact, there are many reasons why children wet the bed. Some are very normal, while others are caused by disease factors. In order to understand the specific situation, today we will talk about why children wet the bed while sleeping.

The frequent and occasional urination during sleep at night in children after the age of 3 and after the age of 5 is called enuresis. Long-term bedwetting can cause the loss of subtle substances in the child's body, leading to poor development. It can also affect the development of the reproductive system and delay the development of sexual characteristics.

The main causes of bedwetting are as follows:

(1) Genetic factors: The familial incidence of this disease is very high, and there is a certain relationship between genetics and the disease.

(2) Delayed maturation of bladder function: Some children with enuresis tend to have smaller bladders than normal children. These children urinate relatively more frequently but the amount of urine is not much.

(3) Poor urination habit training: Parents fail to train their children properly, or often wake them up at night to force them to urinate. These factors can cause children to develop a fear of urination and are not conducive to the development of regular urination habits.

(4) Disease factors: Enuresis caused by organic diseases is rare. Urinary tract infections, deformities, spina bifida, meningocele, etc. can cause enuresis. In addition, asymptomatic bacteriuria and hypercalciuria can also cause enuresis and should attract people's attention.

Through the introduction of the experts above, I believe everyone has a clear understanding of why children wet the bed when they sleep. Therefore, when facing the situation of children wetting the bed, we must not ignore it. We must train children to have the habit of urinating in daily life. If it is caused by illness, we must go to a regular hospital in time to understand the situation and carry out targeted treatment. We hope that children can grow up healthily.

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