Teenage Bedwetting
Teenage bedwetting is a psychological as well as a medical disorder. This article shall let you know the reasons and the probable ways to avoid it. Read on to know more.

"My son is too old to wet his bed." "My daughter should have outgrown of it by now." Yes, I am referring to the everyday laments of parents whose sons/daughters have reached their teenage and still wetting bed at night is persistent. For parents, it becomes a cause of concern and for the teens, a moment of embarrassment. Teenage bedwetting is a health disorder and is medically known as nocturnal enuresis. This problem affects 1 or 2 out of every 100 teens. Unable to control pee is a totally involuntary action. The phenomenon is considered to be normal till the age of 3 as the urinary sphincter becomes fully active after crossing that age. However, bedwetting at teenage is of medical concern that needs diagnosis and treatment.

Reasons for Teenage Bedwetting

The nerves of the urinary bladder of a normal person send a message to the brain when the bladder becomes full with urine. The brain returns a signal to the bladder to empty it automatically. That's the process of normal urination. Nocturnal enuresis is of two types, primary and secondary. The former one is an adaptation since birth and the secondary enuresis is induced at a certain age due to health factors and other reasons. Enuresis in adults and teens occurs due to the following reasons.

Urinary Bladder Problem
Sometimes the urinary bladder doesn't mature completely even if the child has reached teenage. Small bladders are not capable of holding a large volume of urine. Intermittent muscle spasms also prevents the retention of urine for long and hence, involuntary urination takes place at night.

Hormonal Problems
The antidiuretic hormone or ADH is known to control the rate of urination at night. Teenagers who are deficient of this hormone face problems of frequent nocturnal urination that are not under the control of their will. This is one of the major reasons for teenage bedwetting.

Hereditary Disorder
Teenage bedwetting can also be a hereditary problem. Parents who have faced the same problem during their teenage, might pass on their children. There are certain genes that are responsible for this hereditary condition.

Psychological Problems
Teenage bedwetting can also be due to psychological problems, associated with mental torture (at school or home) and family problems. Children who have seen the death of family members, interpersonal fights and divorce, can also be a victim of enuresis when they become teenagers.

Health Problems
Medical conditions are responsible secondary enuresis. Health disorders like childhood diabetes, constipation and urinary tract infections trigger the bedwetting process in teenagers. One other condition assumed by doctors is severe stretching of spinal cord due to injury.

How to Stop Teenage Bedwetting

This phenomenon sometimes goes away with age, while at other times it remains till adolescence. Therefore, early diagnosis is a must. Doctors usually carry out a diagnosis based on urine analysis and other physical examinations. A complete medical history of the patient is presented before the doctor so that he is able to find out the exact reason behind it. Then the treatment is initiated. Certain habits if practiced at home can bring around a change in the psyche of teenagers and helps to treat the bedwetting problem. Mentioned below are some of the teenage bedwetting cures.

Food and Drink Before Going to Bed
You sleep so deeply that you do not feel the urge to pee. Avoid foods that can irritate the bladder. Do not consume caffeine before going to sleep. Coffee, tea, aerated drinks and sodas are not allowed for teenagers who wet bed at night. Similarly, keep off from water before going to sleep.

A Dry Imagery
Just imagine yourself dry. This is one of the hypnotic cures to stop bed wetting. This technique is also known as 'positive imagery' associated with imagining oneself waking up dry just like the way he went to sleep. Pee off before going to sleep and then start thinking, that the new day will be a dry one. Trust me this works.

Bedwetting Alarms
Even doctors say that bedwetting alarm is a wonderful bed wetting solution. They are devised to be worn inside your underwear. As soon as the bed starts getting wet, the buzzer starts ringing. You wake up immediately with the alarm. Though not an instant solution, you can eventually train yourself to wake up before the bell starts ringing.

Medication
Bedwetting medications usually regulate the activity of the hormone ADH. The generic drug has a composition of Desmopressin Acetate (DDAVP) that enhances the secretion of the hormone ADH. This drug is available as pills or as nasal sprays. Administration of bedwetting drugs depend on other health associated disorders. Medications vary if the teenager is suffering from other health problems and bedwetting is the outcome of it.

Teenage bedwetting can be cured completely. Medications should be the last resort. Make an effort to increase your level of consciousness while sleeping. Cultivate positive thoughts before going to bed to overcome the damp sensation after waking up.http://awarenessofdiseases.blogspot.com/
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