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 Bedwetting
is usually a
stage of development that kids simply outgrow with
patience and time. Check with your child’s physician
to rule out any illnesses or physical reasons. Here
are some common causes of bedwetting:
Bladder Development.
A growing bladder can cause
a child to wet the bed. In some cases, the bladder
hasn’t grown as quickly as the rest of the body and it
just needs time to catch up. In other cases, an
important muscle in the bladder (the sphincter) isn’t
as strong as it should be yet.
Bladder conditioning may be helpful in these
cases.
Heredity.
Surprisingly, bedwetting can run in a family. If one
parent wet the bed as a child, there’s a 40% chance
that their child will have nighttime accidents. If
both parents wet the bed, the odds can rise to 70%.
Heavy Sleepers.
Many children sleep so
soundly that they just don’t realize when their
bladder is full. Part of the brain is supposed to stay
awake during sleep to signal when it’s time to go to
the bathroom–and for now, it’s not doing that. In
these cases,
sleep conditioning may help.
Hormones.
Each night the body secretes an antidiuretic hormone (ADH)
that slows down the production of urine by the
kidneys. Some children who wet the bed are in a stage
where they produce too little of this hormone.
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