Bedwetting is a childhood problem that makes both parents and children more upsetting and embarrassing.
The medical term for bedwetting is nocturnal enuresis, a condition where an involuntary passage of urine occurs during nights, while sleeping.
Bedwetting is fairly common and normal in toddlers of age 5 or below.
However, a child over the age of five who wets the bed frequently for a longer time needs an immediate medical evaluation
Causes of Bed Wetting:
The most common factors that increase the chances of bed wetting in children are hereditary, hormonal imbalances, urinary tract infection, small bladder that cannot hold large amount of urine, very deep sleep, constipation, urinary tract abnormalities, spinal cord abnormalities, diabetes, and traumatized sleep-patterns, and nervousness.
Also, there are certain food items that increase the risk of bed wetting while sleeping. Chocolate, orange, grapefruits, spicy foods, and bubbly drinks are all responsible for bed wetting in children.
Solutions of Bed Wetting :
Try any of the following acupressure for bed wetting and massage once a day. In some casees, if you can't do it yourself, ask a family member to help you and tell him or her to be gentle. Do not massage for an acute case:
1 : Stand with feet shoulder width apart. Put your hands on your back. Use your palms, or the heel of the palms to scrub up and down from your wasist to sacrum 100 times.
2 : Use your thumb and other fingers to gently grasp the muscles right below your child's bellybutton 10 times. Use your palm to gently rub counterclockwise around his or her belly button until he or she feels warm.
3 : Use your thumb to gently press and knead the points a little higher than the waist, two finger-widths on either side of the spine for one minute.
4 : You can do the following hand massage for your child:
- Using the palm surface of your thumb, gently push along the outside edge of the child's thumb from the tip to the root of the thumb. Repeat 100 times.
- Using the palm surface of your thumb, gently push the palm surface of the child's ring finger from the tip to the transverse (palm root) crease of that ring finger. Repeat 100 times.
- Using the palm surface of your thumb, gently push the palm surface of the child's little finger from the palm root to the tip of that little finger. Repeat 100 times.
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