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Nocturnal enuresis (bedwetting) is lot more common than you might think! Parents of bedwetters must be aware that this problem your child is having - is not your child's fault, or yours. Just like wearing glasses is no one's fault. Bedwetting is not a disease, but mostly a delay in learning nighttime bladder control.
To start with, your bladder has a normal reflex to contract and empty as soon as it fills with a small amount of urine. But the brain can override that reflex, and allow the bladder to fill much more until a person is ready to empty his bladder or her bladder. The brain doesn't develop the nerve fibers for such voluntary control of the bladder until sometime after birth. A newborn baby functions with just the bladder reflex, as anyone who has changed diapers regularly should know.
The latest reports show that there are over 6,000,000 U.S. children between the ages of 6 to 16 years. The occurrence of bedwetting is 20 percent in children at age 5; 10 percent in children age 10; 6 percent in children age 13; and 2 percent at age 18. There are over 5,000,000 adult in the U.S.
There usually is nothing wrong with the child's urinary system, so x-rays or other medical tests are rarely necessary, although your physician should check your child's urine for infection. Physicians may prescribe anti-depressant drugs such as Imipramine, but these are not effective as a long-term treatment. Another drug is ADH (anti-diuretic synthetic hormone) which works if the child doesn't produce enough of this particular hormone at night to suppress the kidneys. This drug comes in a nose spray and is very expensive - about $100.00 a month.
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Physicians may refer children to a Stay-Dry program such the one in McALLEN. They have a twelve-step program that is more economical than drug therapy. No problem can be solved until it is identified first. The International Stay-Dry Program goes through twelve steps to identify the contributing factors, and then develops a customized program for your child to help overcome the bedwetting problem.
Parents with children under 6 years should not be concerned if their child is not yet dry at night. But over age 6, they should have their child checked out for any physical problems. Children over the age of 6 are more effected by this uncontrollable event. They don't have friends come over to sleep the night, or go to sleepovers. When these children discover they have had an accident, they often feel that they have failed, and no child should start their day feeling they have failed.
Parents who let nature take it course may find that it can take a very long time for their child to be dry at night. If you take group of 100 bedwetting 10-year-olds, when they reach 11 years - 15 of them will be dry at night and 85 will still be wetting. When they reach 12 years - 27 of them will be dry and 73 will still be wetting. When they reach 13 years - 38 of them will be dry and 62 will still be wetting.
Parents should never, never punish a bedwetter. This is not your child's fault!! No child wants to wake up in a wet bed. They all want to out-grow this problem. Parents should get help for their child, by taking them to physician, or to a Stay-Dry program. Parents who want to get more information can contact International Stay-Dry Program in McALLEN by calling (956) 682-9484.
Copyright © 1998 - Steven F. Trimarco
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