It is common for babies to wet their beds while they are sleeping, and generally after they reach the age of 5, children have the ability to control their bladders to "scale freely", and parents can also get rid of the pain of washing sheets every day.
However, there are also some children over the age of 5 who are still wetting the bed.
Some are occasional urine, some are daily urine, like these situations, some parents think that the small problem of bedwetting is good when the child grows up.
7-year-old Hao Hao (pseudonym) at least 3 times a week to wet the bed, Hao Hao's mother every day before going to bed silently pray, tomorrow do not pee, do not pee, do not pee, at night had to set 4 alarm clocks 12 o'clock, 2 o'clock a, 4 o'clock a, 6 o'clock a point to quickly wake up the child to wake up the night.
As a result, the next day the whole family was sleepy and tired, the child had no energy in class, and he could not concentrate at work, until a friend said: The child wetting the bed is so serious that he should go to the doctor to see ah?
Do you still need to see a doctor when wetting the bed? Isn't it childish?
Under the reminder of friends, Haohao's mother went to a number of medical institutions, but the effect was minimal, and over time, Haohao's cooperation plummeted, and Haohao's mother gradually gave up, feeling that when the child grew up, she would naturally not wet the bed.
Many parents are the same as Haohao's mother's idea, thinking that the child's bedwetting is that the child drinks too much water before going to bed, or is tired of playing during the day, or it may be caused by the child's laziness, and even simply thinks that the small problem of bedwetting is better when the child grows up.
Not really! When this happens, it should be taken seriously!
In fact, after discovering the child's bedwetting, most parents will only blame, but can not imagine the child's inner pain.
Tan Chuanmei, director of the Pediatric Department of Hunan Women and Children's Hospital, said that the "bedwetting" commonly known as "bedwetting" by parents is known as enuresis in medicine, which refers to the symptoms of involuntary urination in children aged 5 to 6 years old who sleep at least twice a month, and children aged 7 and above wet the bed at least once a month, and for more than 3 consecutive months, there is no obvious mental and neurological abnormalities.
Children can not control urination at night, this symptom will have an impact on the child's mental health and growth and development, easy to lead to children's self-esteem setbacks, restlessness, easy to be withdrawn, and even affect the development of children's secondary sexual characteristics!
What should I do if I wet the bed regularly? Finding the right treatment is key!
Haohao's mother, who intends to "go with the flow", found that Haohao is becoming more and more withdrawn, inattentive, restless, mentally weak, under the introduction of friends, Haohao's mother found Director Tan Chuanmei and tried again for the health of the child.
In the Pediatric Department of Hunan Women and Children's Hospital, after a detailed consultation by Director Tan Chuanmei, it was found that Haohao had received a variety of treatment methods before, and haohao's bedwetting troubles had not been solved.
In view of Haohao's situation, Director Tan Chuanmei conducted a detailed physical examination and laboratory examination of Haohao to rule out other diseases, such as potential neurological abnormalities, urinary tract infections, chronic kidney diseases, etc., and clearly diagnosed as "simple symptomatic nocturnal enuresis".
A systematic treatment plan was developed.
However, in the first week of treatment, Hao Hao still wet the bed for several consecutive nights, what happened?
Director Tan had in-depth communication with Haohao's parents and found that Haohao took a lot of medicines without effect.
Hao Hao has a sense of psychological rejection of "treatment", in order to avoid treatment, children will play tricks in front of their parents, and when it is time to take medicine, secretly spit out the medicine.
After learning the truth, Director Tan conducted psychological counseling for Haohao, using a series of methods such as behavior training, psychological treatment and drugs for treatment, after continuous treatment, parents responded that the child did not wet the bed for 5 consecutive months, and Hao Hao has gradually got rid of the trouble of bedwetting.
Pediatric enuresis treatment, parental cooperation is very important!
"Because many parents have a big misunderstanding of enuresis, thinking that this is a disease that will heal itself with age, without looking for treatment, or rushing to the doctor, the child cannot get formal diagnosis and treatment, and even some parents think that this is the fault of the child, and scold and punish the child."
Director Tan Chuanmei reminded parents that these behaviors are not only unhelpful to the child's condition, but also increase the child's psychological burden, if the child regularly wets the bed, parents need to pay more attention, and timely go to the regular hospital for medical treatment, let professional doctors intervene in treatment.
For children's bedwetting problems, parents need to establish a correct cognition, find professional doctors to intervene in treatment at the same time, parents' home care is also very important!
1. After the child wets the bed, parents should conduct psychological counseling for the child, encourage him to carry out normal study and life, help him establish confidence in treatment, and reduce his psychological burden;
2. Supervise and help children develop good sleep and urination habits;
3. Appropriately let children drink more water during the day, do not drink drinks, etc., do not be too excited during the day, avoid sleeping too deeply, try not to drink liquids 2 hours before going to bed, and go to the toilet before going to bed;
4. Dinner should be early, should be light, less oil and less salt, avoid milk, tea, coffee, chocolate, citrus fruits and so on.
Introduction of pediatric enuresis outpatient experts
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Hunan Medical Chat Special Author: Yi Ting, Hunan Women's and Children's Hospital
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