Teen Bedwetting

Have you come across teenagers who make excuses for not being part of the summer camps, overnight party and get-together at their friend’s place? Nocturnal enuresis, as it is called scientifically, bedwetting in teenagers is their secret, an embarrassing truth that affects their social life. It is a tricky issue to deal with, as the teenagers might find it embarrassing to admit the problem or get it diagnosed and treated. It is a common problem faced by 2 out of every 100 teenagers worldwide. Nocturnal enuresis is an involuntary action and the teenager cannot be blamed for wetting his or her bed. The condition can be caused due to a number of medical and non-medical factors and can be cured by using certain effective measures. This article deals with some of the causes and cures that can help bedwetting teens out of this frustrating condition.

Causes Of Teenage Bedwetting

Hormonal Problems
The rate of urination at night is controlled by a hormone called the ‘antidiuretic hormone’. Deficiency of this hormone in teenagers can be one of the causes of bedwetting. Absence of ADH causes frequent nocturnal urination which is not under the control of the teenager.

Hereditary Disorder
Bedwetting in teenagers can also be due to a hereditary problem. Children of parents who have faced this problem as a teenagers are more prone to the medical malady. The genes responsible for this problem might get passed on to the child. 

Psychological Problems
Certain mental disturbances during teenage can also cause the problem of bedwetting. Any kind of mental torture at school or home can cause this problem in a teen. Recent death of family members, divorce among other problems can all cause serious mental trauma in the teenager further victimizing them of enuresis.

Sleep Disorder
The problem of bedwetting can also be faced by teens who are deep sleepers and who do not realize their bladder to be full at night. Even if the deep sleepers are awake prior to their urination, they stay disoriented causing the bladder to flow before their realization. 

Health Issues
Certain medical conditions can also stand responsible for bedwetting in teenagers. Disorders like childhood diabetes, constipation and UTI (Urinary Tract Infection) or in exceptional cases severe stretching of the spinal cord due to injury are capable of triggering the bedwetting process in teenagers.

Smaller Bladder
Teenagers with underdeveloped or small bladders suffer from the problem of bedwetting. Teens with small bladders will not be able to hold in more urine especially during the nights while asleep. 

Cure For Teen Bedwetting

Food And Drink Before Going To Bed
Teenagers who are deep sleepers should avoid food and drinks that might cause irritation in the bladder. Consumption of caffeine in the form of coffee, tea and intake of aerated drinks and sodas will aggravate the problem of bedwetting in teenagers. Make sure that they don’t consume water as well just before going to bed.

A Dry Imagery
You can make your teen to imagine him/her to be dry. This is one of the tested measures that can be taken to cure the bedwetting problem. This technique is also known to be ‘positive imagery’, in which teens need to imagine to wake up dry, the way they went off to bed. 

Bedwetting Alarms
Bedwetting alarm is an innovative and useful device that can reduce the problem of teen bedwetting with constant trials. These are devices that have to be worn inside the underpants. When the bed starts getting wet, the buzzer will start ringing, waking the child up with an alarm. 

Medication
The problem of bedwetting can also be cured by few medications as prescribed by a physician. These medicines are created to regulate the activity of the hormone ADH. The drug increases the secretion of ADH and is available in form of a pills and nasal sprays.

Set An Alarm Clock
Using alarm clocks can also prove out to be helpful for bedwetting teenagers. Nevertheless, teenagers need to practice and routine the alarms and should be able to wake up as soon as the alarm goes off, instead of sleeping over it.