How to treat enuresis in children and adolescents
Causes of enuresis in children
There are several factors contributing to the development of the disease:
- Heredity. In about 20% of children, one of the parents suffered from incontinence in childhood. It should be noted that not the enuresis itself is transmitted, but certain physiological properties that influence the formation of the watchdog reflex.
- Pathology during pregnancy or childbirth. These can be some diseases of the fetus or mother, birth trauma, entanglement of the umbilical cord, exfoliation of the placenta and other troubles leading to oxygen starvation and damage to the nerve pathways or brain regions caused by it.
- Severe infections and somatic diseases in early childhood.
- Neurological disorders.
- Psychiatric diseases.
- Neurosis, stress and other psychological problems.
- Pathology of the urinary system.
In adolescents, experiences are added to the above reasons during studies or exams, because of relationships with peers and adults, as well as untreated enuresis in childhood.
The development of the disease is influenced by one or several factors at once. This, in turn, requires inspection by narrow specialists.
On the other hand, incontinence can have sufficiently prosaic reasons: the habit of drinking plenty of fluids before bedtime, hypothermia, fear of walking in a dark apartment, or simply a very deep sleep.