When it comes to "bedwetting", the public is not unfamiliar. But the word "enuresis", I am afraid that most people have not heard of it. Enuresis in children, commonly known as "bedwetting", clinically refers to the involuntary urination of children over the age of 5 who cannot wake up from sleep at night.
In the general concept of the public, every child will experience bedwetting during the process of growing up, and as they grow older, bedwetting problems will disappear.
Indeed, bedwetting in children under 5 years of age can be considered normal. However, if you are over 5 years old and still have bedwetting for more than 3 consecutive months, at a frequency of more than once a month, enuresis can be diagnosed.
Enuresis itself is not a terrible disease, but what is really worrying is that there is a big misunderstanding in people's understanding of enuresis, and even believe that enuresis does not need treatment, which will delay the best treatment time for children and cause serious consequences.
At present, in the diagnosis and treatment of enuresis, many countries and international organizations have established diagnostic and treatment norms. At present, a number of hospitals in China have established specialized outpatient clinics for enuresis, and gradually standardized the diagnosis and treatment of enuresis in accordance with the "Expert Consensus on the Management of Children's Unsymptomatic Nocturnal Enuresis Disease".
First of all, improving your life is the most basic and important step in the treatment of enuresis. Mainly including: regular life schedule, pay attention to water intake, control salt intake, pay attention to constipation, go to the toilet before going to bed, pay attention to cold protection when sleeping, and do not forcibly call children to the toilet in the middle of the night.
However, only 20-30% of children can say goodbye to enuresis only through life improvement. If enuresis does not improve after two weeks to one month of life improvement treatment, medication or treatment with an enuresis alarm should be considered depending on the type of enuresis.
Desmopressin and enuresis alarms are first-line treatments in several current international guidelines for children's nocturnal enuresis and are effective in curing most children with monosymptomatic nocturnal enuresis. Most children may need some medication to help control bedwetting, and the doctor will make a plan tailored to your child's situation.
As a parent, we should also use an active lifestyle to guide children to get rid of enuresis troubles, so that children can grow up healthy, strong and happy.