Bedwetting
Disease information
Bedwetting
To wet the bed.
Urinary
Incontinencia during the dream in greater
children
of five years.
Three times commonest in
children
than in
children
.
One takes place between
a
15% of
children
in age of 5 years until
a
1% at the age of the 18.
Causes.
In most of cases it is not known.
Several recognized theories and causes exist, like:
The existence of an underlying
disease
like
diabetes
(
mellitus
or insipid) or
infection
of tracto
urinary
.
Small or weak Vejiga that disables the containment of tinkles it at night.
Psicopatológicos
problems
caused by
stress
or separation of the
mother
.
Deep dream.
Signs and symptoms.
To wet the bed at night and occasionally during the day.
It is not important until the 6 years.
Factors of risk.
Diabetes
(
mellitus
or insipid)
Infection
of the
urinary
routes.
Familiar history to get wet in the bed.
It appears in 44 % of the
children
if there are antecedents to pater to us and in 77% if also there are them maternal.
First - born son.
Prevention.
There are no effective methods.
Diagnosis and treatment.
General Measures.
To protect the
mattress
with
a
hard
plastic
cover.
Pajamas and slips of double layer.
Extra pajamas in the head of the bed so that the boy can
change
during the night.
To restrict the ingestion of liquids from 3 to 4 hours before going to lie down.
To make tinkle to the boy before lying down.
To make tinkle to the boy after several hours of dream to drain his vejiga.
To compensate to him when it does not wet the bed.
To avoid punishments or reprimands that take to emotional unloadings.
Medication.
In general it is not necessary.
Antidepressants or vasopresina if the
doctor
considers it necessary.
Complications.
Emotional and psychological sequels that can affect to the boy during years.
Prognosis.
To wet the bed can last years.
If the boy is
normal
in other aspects it is necessary to consider that to wet the bed it is
a
maturity
problem
that is solved with time.
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