Nocturnal Enuresis – The medical problem many adults has but ashamed to discuss

Nocturnal Enuresis is the medical term for nighttime loss of bladder control, in other words, Bedwetting. According to specialists, bedwetting can occur up to age 5 or 7, anything beyond that is a problem.

No matter how bad it is, most people believe it is impossible to still have enuresis after clocking ten years. But believe me, we still have bedwetting teenagers and some even reach adulthood with this problem. The real reason why these people got stuck with this problem is that they feel ashame to discuss it. Due to the belief that infants and children wet bed intentionally and they are to be reprimanded to curb this immoral act.

The treatment varies, depending on the culture and the part of the world the problem occurred. Yoruba (Nigeria) believes that for a child to regain consciousness whenever his bladder is full, such a child has to pee in a lump of burning coal. There is a belief that such a child would feel a burning pain whenever he’s due to urinating.

However, there is no guarantee that this technique works 100%, as most people who applied it did not see the required result. The problem is more of a psychological problem and the probability that you will wet your bed at night is decided by the way you spend your day.

You have to train your body while you are conscious to take care of itself while you are not. Most of those who wet bed has something in common, they always hold it in when they are pressed and they'll have to rush to the restroom when they can't take it anymore.

Apart from the fact that this is dangerous for your health, it is also dangerous for your bladder. The reason why you know you are pressed is that your filled bladder had sent a message to your brain and you as the manager of your body refused to act on the warning.

The more you ignore this warning, the lesser the notification effect hits your brain and the only time you'd feel that you're pressed is when you have to run to the restroom. It gets worse at night because all part of your body, including the brain, is recharging and they work lesser. If your bladder sends a notification message to your brain, since you had trained your body to endure the inconvenience feelings it gives you when you're pressed, the body alert would not be enough to wake you from your sleep. Even the warm liquid that gushes out of your body would not discomfort you.

Also, those who overwork themselves during the day do encounter enuresis. The body would be too tired to react on the message that the brain is transmitting and such person would spill the bucket on his own bed.

Solutions

Do not overstress yourself during the day. Make sure you reserve enough strength to walk to the restroom before you hibernate.

The second recommendation is to drink less water before you go to sleep. Even if you have enough strength reserved for your unholy business, you might exhaust it by going to the restroom 9 times in a night.

And lastly, never hold it in when you are pressed.

You can discard the first and second recommendation and still keep your bed dry if you religiously apply this last recommendation. The main reason why you lose control of your bladder at night is that you had previously trained your body to ignore the important warning your brain gives you when you are pressed until it's too late. It's time you retrain your body and brain to quickly react to the message it generates from your bladder. In fact, try to gently press the lower part of your tummy every 30 minutes to know if your bladder is gathering liquid, and immediately react to any little discomfort you feel by finding your way to the restroom, no matter what.

There is about 86% that this method if properly applied, would help cure enuresis but don't expect it to work out overnight. It is something you have to work on for about one or two months before your body adapts to the new system.

Try to consult a doctor if the symptoms persist. Remember, they're there to help, not to judge. And let us know in the comment's section below if it helps you so others can give it a try too.