Bedwetting

Adult bed wetting, medically called nocturnal enuresis, is sometimes considered the same as incontinence, butit is not. Most of the time nocturnal enuresis stops with wetting accidents in teens, but it still happens to men and women in the “prime of their life”.

adult bed wetting is not a rare occurrence. Surveys say, in the United States alone, there are approximately twelve million adults who have problems in controlling their bladder. This number may even be lower than the actual number of bedwetting adults simply because many adults keep wetting the a deeply guarded secret.

A 100% effective cure for adult bedwetting hasn’t been identified yet. Fortunately, the causes of adult bedwetting have been studied. This is a positive step towards helping the adult bedwetters. The causes of adult bedwetting can be classified to three categories: medical problems, physiological changes, and emotional stresses. To determine which is the cause of a certain adult’s bedwetting, a complete medical examination must be carried out.

Medical problems include the following:

• Diabetes – abnormal levels of insulin or sugar in the blood
• Cancer in the bladder – which leads to the malfunction of the bladder and the likely overproduction of urine
• Infection in the urinary tract – which makes the release of urine painful and uncontrolled
• Enlargement of the prostate gland – which disrupts a person’s control over his urination
• Presence of stones in the urinary tract – which interferes with the normal functions of the excretory organs
• Defects in the nervous system, particularly the central nervous system – which makes the process of urination uncontrolled by the brain

Physiological changes that trigger adult bedwetting are usually accompanied by aging. Some of these are the following:

• A radical change in sleep patterns which leads to the inability to hold in the urine
• Shifting biological clocks characterized by sleeping too early or waking up at dawn. Such may also meant that the brain has drastically changed the body’s patterns
• Changes in the levels of hormones result to older adults having trouble falling or staying asleep

When no medical problems or no physiological changes are seen in an adult, the bed wetting may be caused by extreme emotional stresses. Rejection, dismissal, death of a loved one, and other similar problems may have brought about the adult bedwetting.

Bedwetting Medications or a Bedwetting Alarm are great options to help adults that wet the bed, make sure and talked to your doctor about these options.