8-year-old child often wets the bed

If an eight-year-old child always wets the bed, parents should not beat or scold the child. Instead, they must understand the specific reasons. There are many reasons for children to wet the bed, such as genetic problems, psychological reasons, drinking too much water at night, or some disease-related reasons. At this time, they should go to the hospital for examination in time, take appropriate treatment according to the specific reasons, and emphasize maintenance in daily life. Let's take a look at this aspect.

How to treat bedwetting in an 8-year-old child

(1) General treatment

Do not blame or beat the child. Instead, give encouragement so that the child is determined to cure enuresis. Parents show great care and love to their children. Do not drink water after dinner, urinate before going to bed, and wake up the child to urinate 1 to 2 times at night.

(2)Medication.

① Imipramine: It is a central nervous system stimulant that can reduce the depth of sleep. Take 25-50 mg orally every night for 3-4 months. If the disease relapses after stopping the medication, the drug can be given again. ② Parasympathetic nerve blockers: propantheline or oxybutynin (Oxybutynin, also known as ditropan, urodopine). Taken orally before going to bed, it can relax the detrusor muscle and inhibit bladder contraction. ③ Take 25 mg of ephedrine orally before bed. It can increase the contractility of the bladder neck and posterior urethra.

(3) Bladder training.

During the day, instruct the child to extend the interval between urinations as much as possible, gradually extending it from once every 1/2 to 1 hour to once every 3 to 4 hours, in order to expand the bladder capacity.

(4) Conditioned reflex training.

Use a set of enuresis alarm devices to train the child to wake up before enuresis. Place an electronic pad and an electric bell under the child. Once the electronic pad is wetted by urine, the circuit will be connected and the electric bell will sound, waking the child up to urinate. If the effect is not good, imipramine can be added to reduce the depth of sleep. Generally, 70-80% recovery can be achieved after 1-2 months of training.

These are all good ways to relieve children's bedwetting. Mothers can try them.