Bedwetting

Bedwetting, of nocturnal enuresis, is a condition characterized by the unintentional emptying of the bladder of urine at an age when the child is supposedly capable already of controlling such action. Such age is usually pegged between five to six. Beyond six, the bed wetting becomes an alarming condition.

Parents who want to help their child overcome bed wetting will most probably exhaust all efforts to research about this condition and the various Bed Wetting Solutions. One fact that they will most likely come across with is that there are different types of bed wetting. And coping with one type of bed wetting will be quite different from coping with another type.

Here are the various types of bed wetting:

• Nocturnal enuresis – Refers to bed wetting that happens while the person is sleeping. The voiding of urine is purely accidental.
• Primary nocturnal enuresis – Refers to the uncontrolled voiding of urine of a child who has lost control over his bladder for three or more consecutive months.
• Secondary nocturnal enuresis – Refers to the recurrence of the bed wetting condition after the person seemed to have gained control already of his bladder for about six months to one year. There are several reasons why the nocturnal enuresis happened again.

  The reason could be physiological: there may be an infection in the bladder or in the kidney or there may be an acquired birth defect which led to the malfunction of the urinary tract. The reason could be emotional: a family problem or a rejection. Or the reason could be genetic: the bed wetting may run in the family.

• Mono-symptomatic nocturnal enuresis – Refers to the kind of bed wetting that is caused by no emotional or medical reasons. This type of bed wetting is often considered as part of the growing up process. The mono-symptomatic nocturnal enuresis is the most common type of enuresis. That is, about four out of five people who suffers bed wetting, has this type.
• Poly-symptomatic nocturnal enuresis – Refers to the type of bed wetting which is linked to a physiological or medical problem, such as bladder infection. Thus, a person who has this type of bed wetting will also suffer fever or pain in the back or in the belly. A child, not fully understanding what is going on will complain of pain while urinating. The color of the urine will be either pink or cloudy. So far, this is one of the most alarming types of bed wetting.
• Diurnal enuresis – Refers to uncontrolled emptying of urine from the bladder while a person is awake. Children who have diurnal enuresis may also have nocturnal enuresis. And most cases of daytime bed wetting can be considered as secondary enuresis. That is, the bed wetting may have been caused by an emotional stress or a medical problem.

To help their beloved child, the parents will need to find out the type of bed wetting that their child is displaying. Then, they must determine the cause behind such condition so that this condition can finally be controlled.