Bed wetting

Nocturnal proclivity in young ones is generally termed “Bed wetting”. The involuntary passing of urine out of body while asleep is medically termed “enuresis” in children up to five years of age. It is common among toddlers in this developmental stage. However, although it may sound strange to hear about this habit in those over 5 years of age, it also is quite frequent. In reality, the onset of bedwetting is due to unsatisfactory bladder control while the individual is asleep. Thus, urination while awake has a different meaning with a variety of circumstances within.

Accordingly, this leads to segregate the bed wetting into two categories: Primary nocturnal enuresis and Secondary nocturnal enuresis. Primary nocturnal enuresis is the condition where the child never had complete bladder control during night. In contrast, a child suffering bed wetting after had been continually dry more than six months is a condition known as Secondary nocturnal enuresis.
Numerous causes of bed wetting can be pointed out Nonetheless, genetic factors, difficulty walking, stress, slower than normal development of the central nervous system, hormonal factors, urinary tract infections, abnormalities in spinal cord and urethral valves and spinal bladder are some of them.

Symptoms & causes

• Urinary tract infection
• Diabetes
• Structural or anatomical abnormality
• Neurological problems
• Emotional problems in home life
• Children who are being physically or sexually abused
• Sleep patterns
• Pinworm infection characterized by intense itching of the anal and/or genital area.

Popular treatments and recommendations

• Go to bathroom right before going to sleep.
• Use an alarm system to inform and aware the child to respond to bladder sensations during night. 
• Do exercise holding urine for longer times during day to stretch the bladder.
• Give a glass of cranberry juice to the child an hour before going for sleeping.
• Take herbal teas such as causticum, ursi, lycopodium, pulstilla, oak bark, wormwood, and bearberry.
• Give two teaspoons of walnuts and one teaspoon of raisins to the child before going to bed.
• Consult a herbalist and get an infusion of horsetail, zea, melissa officinailis and lemon balm.

Prevention

• Reduce evening fluid intake, up to 4 hours before going to bed.
• Take your child to the bathroom before going to bed.
• Set a goal for your child of getting up at night to use the toilet.
• Make sure the child has easy access to the toilet with needed facilities as necessary.
• Reward your child for remaining dry.
• Consider using diapers or pull-ups at night.

 References

• http://www.yourbodycanheal.com/natural-cure-for-bed-wetting.html
• http://www.natural-homeremedies.org/homeremedies-bedwetting.htm
• http://www.webmd.com/parenting/bedwetting-solutions-8/overcome-bedwetting
• http://children.webmd.com/tc/bed-wetting-primary-nocturnal-enuresis-prevention
• http://familydoctor.org/familydoctor/en/kids/toileting/enuresis-bed-wetting.html
• http://www.emedicinehealth.com/bedwetting/page5_em.htm
• http://www.medicinenet.com/bedwetting/article.htm