Many of the children who wet himself/herself at the night sleep deeply. Due to this structural feature, when the child is in deep sleep, the sphincter muscles of the bladder relax or the stimulation of peeing from the inside is not enough to wake the child. There are very effective medicines that reduce the depth of sleep and have a contracting effect on the bladder.
Thanks to these medications used under doctor’s control, a 70-80% reduction is observed bedwetting after 4 to 6 weeks of use. This habit, which is gained after the drug is stopped, is not to be broken.
By initiating bladder training, the child can be accustomed to going to the toilet at certain hours under the control of her/his parents.
Special beds that awaken the child by activating the electrical system in case of bed wetting during sleep also respond positively to the treatment. However, after the child wakes up, the child should get him/her adopt the habit of going to the toilet.
Psycho-pedagogical training of the mother also helps to eliminate the child’s bedwetting problem.
It may be beneficial to take the child to the toilet twice a night, especially before the age of 7. Imitation in toilet training in children can also be effective on the child. The girl should watch the mother, the boy should watch the father and see how she/he uses the toilet.
Children usually wear a diaper while sleeping at night after starting toilet training. However, this is a wrong attitude. Because this gives to child the impression that it is forbidden to wetting himself/herself during the day, whereas he can do it at night. Loss of bladder control occurs only in rare cases and is often caused by emotional tension.
In some cases, wetting the bottom and bed is due to not being able to wake up even when the bladder reaches a certain tension level and is connected with family. Therefore, bedwetting, which is common in many families during childhood, disappears spontaneously after a while.
To summarize; wetting problem disappears spontaneously with the maturation of the urinary bladder in the child or the disappearance of mental tension. If bedwetting continues, organic causes should be investigated, sleep depth should be reduced and emotional disorders should be prevented.edat Dörtkardeş
