Bed-wetting in children is a disease

Children over 5 years old sleep occurs in unconscious nocturnal enuresis, or bed-wetting, this at least twice a week and lasted more than six months can be diagnosed with infantile enuresis. This is a reporter in Beijing children\'s Hospital learned enuresis clinic.

The outpatient physician Liu Xiaomei said foreign statistics show that average incidence of enuresis for 10%~15%. And etiology of infantile enuresis study concluded that there are a variety of related factors, such as: genetic factors, incomplete bladder function and nerve centers sleep arousal disorders, inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone, and so on. In clinics, doctors often need to ask the family histories of children with enuresis, one study found that if the parents suffer from enuresis, children have the possibility of one-second bed-wetting. And secondary enuresis involving Department of renal medicine, endocrine, urinary tract, neurological, psychological, and many other organic disease, need early diagnosis and treatment.

Studies show that long-term psychological development in children with enuresis can be adversely affected, most bed-wetting children there are different degrees of mental problems, the children introvert, lack of confidence does not love one, there are different degrees of inferiority, dare not take part in some collective activities such as summer camps, military training, tourism, Act poor. Parents of blame and punishment to their children more exacerbated the psychological burden on the children. This will inevitably affect the physical and mental development and play normal ability and potential. Secondary enuresis is often delayed because of the potential disease failed to timely treatment therapy.

Enuresis can cure it? Liu Xiaomei doctor say for sure, can be cured. Most treatment in children with bed-wetting markedly improved, some genetic factors often parents of children with enuresis termination of wet age can spontaneously heal.

Have a family history of enuresis of children how to prevent wet? Such children should not be wearing diapers for a long time, there should a child destination urination training on time, particularly night-time urination to try to keep the children awake, older children can be in fixed time alarm clock to wake up on them to urinate, to establish a conditioned reflex.

Nocturnal enuresis in children\'s life should pay attention to what issues? First should avoid day excessive tired, on time rest, night early sleeping, due to sleep Hou 3 hours bladder within will storage must of urine liquid, and at this time is sleep most deep of when, children is difficult to own woke up, parents sleep Qian wake children urination once, can avoid bed-wetting; dinner not had salt, dinner Hou less eat dessert and high protein beverage, so as not to caused thirsty; encourages children day more drinking water, dinner Hou as far as possible less drink and beverage, and milk,, can eat fruit. While parents should remind their children got up urination at night, progress should be encouraged and praised in time for the kids, helping children build up confidence.