Nine Ways Adults, Children Can Stop Bedwetting

Bedwetting can affect both children and adults. Potential causes of bedwetting may include hormonal imbalances, stress, smaller bladder capacity, and sleep problems.

Young children will often grow out of bedwetting naturally. In older children, teenagers, and adults can indicate an underlying health condition.

Experts say that bed-wetting, which is medical known as nocturnal enuresis, is involuntary urination during the night. They also described it as an involuntary action in children which parents must help them to overcome with patience and understanding.

Medications and underlying health conditions can cause bedwetting in adults, and a person should see their doctor to determine the cause and receive appropriate treatment.

Excessive production of urine during sleep was also known as nocturnal polyuria.

For children

Treatment for bedwetting in children will depend on the underlying cause. People may want to try a bedwetting alarm, which sounds when the alarm detects wetness.

Taking steps to help prevent bedwetting can also be effective. Options to try include:

1. Limiting fluid intake in the evening or 1–2 hours before bedtime

2. Avoiding caffeine and carbonated drinks, as these can stimulate the bladder

3. Encouraging children to use the bathroom at night and making it easy for them to access

4. Using night lights if this helps

encouraging children to use the bathroom at the beginning of their bedtime routine and just before they get into bed to empty the bladder

5. Encouraging children to use the bathroom regularly throughout the daytime to develop positive toilet habits.

For adults

Bedwetting in adults may be a symptom of an underlying condition that will require treatment. Successfully treating or managing that condition should resolve bedwetting behavior.

Certain steps can also help manage bedwetting, including:

1. Taking a medication called desmopressin, which acts on the kidney to reduce urine production

2. Using a plastic cover to protect the mattress and make cleaning up quicker and easier wearing absorbent underwear at night

using skincare products that protect the skin from any irritation or soreness

3. Limiting fluid intake in the early evening and before sleeping

4. Using a bedwetting alarm, which sounds when the alarm detects wetness setting a random alarm to go off in the night so that a person can wake up and go to the bathroom.