i have a 14 year old that is a chronic bed wetter. what suggestion can you give to help them .?

Answer 1

Enuresis means bed-wetting during sleep and it is quite a common problem in children that occurs more in boys than girls. Myths such as drinking too much water before bedtime cause bed-wetting, it is a mental or behavior problem or occurs because the child is lazy to go to the bathroom or is trying to irritate the parents are baseless. Some of the common causes of bed-wetting are:

Abnormal urethral valves in boys or ureter in girls or boys,
Abnormalities in the spinal cord,
Child may not be able to wake up on time,
Delayed development of the central nervous system reduces the child's control over his bladder so that he is not able to stop the bladder from emptying at night,
Genetic factors in families,
Lack of anti-diuretic hormone that reduces the amount of urine made by the kidneys,
Small bladder that cannot hold urine for a long time, and
Urinary tract infections.
Children gain bladder control up to the age of five. Bed-wetting by younger children is not uncommon and need not be treated. If your child is older than five years and still wets the bed, then you should consult the doctor. Be sure to tell the doctor about the child's daytime and nighttime bathroom habits, which may be followed by a physical exam and a urine test called ‘urinalysis’. The doctor may also check for problems in the urinary tract and the bladder. Though it is unlikely that bed-wetting in children is related to emotional upheavals, changes in family life may result in increase in bet-wetting accidents.

Most children outgrow bed-wetting and do not need treatment but if your doctor decides that your child does need a treatment, he/she may use medicines or the behavior therapy to teach the child not to wet the bed. Some of the behavioral treatments for enuresis are:

Giving rewards to the child on nights when he or she does not wet the bed.
An alarm system that rings whenever the bed gets wet, so the child learns to be more alert and respond to bladder sensations at night.
Ask your child to change sheets and clean himself when he or she wets, without shaming him.
Teach bladder training exercises to the child to make him learn how to hold his or her urine for longer and longer times.
Children older than seven years who do not respond positively to behavior therapy may need medicines. However, medicines cannot cure bed-wetting and have their side effects too. They can just help the bladder hold more urine or the kidneys to make less urine. Bed-wetting leads to behavior problems such as feeling of guilt and embarrassment, so you should be careful not to scold the child and make him feel responsible for it. Child needs training more than punishment and it may help your child to know that the exact cause of bed-wetting is unknown and if it tends to run in your family

I had a problem at 6 1/2 turned out my urinary track was EXTREMLY messed up. i ha dto have surgery.

Answer 2

try not letting them have anything to drink a few hours before they go to bed get them to go to the bathroom right before they go to bed,
just let them know that they arent the only ones with this proboblem, ( i have a 13 year old cousin thats a chronic bed wetter, shes starting to get it under control) im not sure what exactly shes doing though,
one thing that can help them is dont make a big deal about it, they will think something is wrong
good luck hope this helps

Answer 3

Try setting an alarm at like 2:00 am so your child will have to get up and use the bathroom. If that doesn't work try taking away goodnights or whatever they are called and your child will be so worried about wetting the bed, that they will be able to feel when they need to get up to use the bathroom and will eventually grow out of it.

Answer 4

I wet the bed until I was 16 yrs. old. My mom did everything. She took me to doctors, put me on medicine, no drink after 6 pm., made me use the bathroom before I went to bed, would wake me up before she went to bed, she would set her alarm clock to wake me during the night. She even took my matress and put it in our front yard for everyone to see, that didn't work either. My mom thought I was lazy and just didn't want to get up to go to the bathroom. Honestly, that was not the case. I would just sleep right through it. It was hard on me because I was afraid to stay over at friends houses. One day I just stopped. Still to this day, I don't know why I wet the bed or what made me stop. I'm just extremly glad I did. Please don't get angry with your child. Just be patient. Good Luck!

Answer 5

Follow the below steps:
- Open discussion, explain to him how irritating this habit is and agree with him to go through a treatment process. This is to prepare him for next steps.
- Make sure to reduce the amount of liquids he drinks two hours before bed time and control it.
- Take him to toilet before he goes to bed
- Check if he is facing challenges with his school mates, he could develop this habit because he is feeling weak and helpless.
- Check his sleeping habits, does he like to sleep while lights are on? Off? His room location and the distance between his room and the toilet, the lighting from his room to toilet
- Monitor the timing he wets his bed, start making a routine visits and make sure you wake him up to go to toilet, make it a habit to wake him up at that time, later he will get use of that and wake up by hemslef.
- make sure not to embarrass him by talking about it at home, and be careful not to have this news spread between his friends at school
Hope the above helps!

Answer 6

I have a 12 year old with the same problem. We went to her doctor's office and had a bunch of tests done. She was totally healthy and the doctor said maybe it was a phsycological problem. So we took her to the therapist who said she was fine. Finally, another mother said that her son had the same problem and it turned out to be a slight allergy to caffiene. She reccomended stopping all caffiene drinks after noon. Much to my surprise, it worked!!! Me daughter has been dry at night for 2 years now.

Answer 7

there are bed wetting tablets that are all natural and help the body be more aware of when its time to go. there is a brand called Hylands you can get from most health food stores or go to www.hylands.com to see where their products are sold near you. Their products have worked better than medicine prescribed by the doctor for all kinds of things.

Answer 8

you need to take he or she to the doctor she might have a small bladder you might want to discourge bevrages before her bed time. you might also limit her caffeine in take 1 for the time being get her some goodnights under wear it's made special for bed wetters have a rootine with he make her pee before she go's to bed and firs thing in the morning make her pee my mom did this with me and it stoped my bed wetting ! also if she is watching scary movies this could be a reason she could have night mares that scare her so bad she wets the bed !,God Bless,Heather

Answer 9

ddavp is an excellent prescription medication for nocturnal enuresis (night time bet wetting) it comes in a nasal spray you keep in the fridge or easy to swollow tablets that come in various strenghts. during the day have him/her do bladder exercises to expand the bladder and strenghten the spincter muscles. when he/she has the urge to urinate, expell some urine then hold it for as long as possible, not to excede 10 seconds, repeating 4-5 times during urination. do this every bathroom trip.

Answer 10

i wet the bed almost every day until i was about 12. He might grow out of it, might not.

There are medicines that help prevent, but the one i took made me have to go to the bathroom quite frequently throughout the day.