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Home Remedies for Bedwetting

Posted on November 10, 2007 - Filed Under Miscellaneous Problems

What is bedwetting?

Bedwetting is considered to be an act in which the child involuntarily urinates during his/her sleep. Medically referred to as Nocturnal enuresis, bedwetting is a habit disorder. This is primarily of two types: primary enuresis, where the patient has never had dry nights and secondary enuresis, where it occurs after a gap of 6 months. It is a very common problem with the children .Boys are more likely to have this problem than the girls.

The causes of this Disease:

• Bed wetting occurs due to immature nervous system of the child
• Bed wetting is due to the smaller size of the bladder. Owing to its small size the bladder cannot hold the urine produced during night.
• Bedwetting can be due to defective urinary system
• Bedwetting can be due to constipation problem
• Bed wetting can be due to urinary tract infection
• Diabetic patients have a problem of bed wetting.
• Bed wetting can be due to sickle-cell anemia.
• Bedwetting is common among people suffering from Epilepsy
• Bedwetting can be due to spinal cord abnormalities
• Genetical factors, hormonal factors can cause bedwetting.
• Very deep sleepers are prone to this problem.

The symptoms of bedwetting:

• A child of 6-7years of age who has never stayed dry overnight.
• Cloudy pinkish urine
• The child has a burning sensation while urination.
• Unusual symptoms like straining, dribbling while urination.
• The child also usually has a problem of constipation.

The Effective Home remedies for bedwetting:
Some of the preventive measures, which could help the child to stop bed wetting, are:

• Try bladder training: Once in a day ask your child to hold his/her urine for a few minutes and then gradually increased the amount of time.
• Always remind your child to use the bathroom just before going to bed or at any time of the day .
• Be very careful about your child’s drinking habits. Limit the quantity of child’s fluid intakes, especially before going to bed. Also avoid those drinks, which contains caffeine, as it increases the flow of urine.
• Maintain a healthy diet. Consume healthy and natural food which contains high proportion of silica, magnesium and calcium. The sources of these nutrients are banana, sesame and almonds.
• Eat lots of leafy and green vegetables, brown rice as a diet rich in protein is often effective to combat this problem. Eat fiber rich food to avoid constipation.
• Bedwetting can also be cured using causticum, lycopodium, ursi,corn silk and pulsatilla.
• Eat 2 teaspoonful of walnut halves and 1-teaspoonful raisins before going to bed.
• Herbal tea is also a best medicine for curing this problem. Drink lots of herbal tea made of herbs like oak bark, horsetail, wormwood and bear berry.

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