subject: What Are The Three Main Causes Of Bed Wetting? [print this page] What Are The Three Main Causes Of Bed Wetting?
Identifying the cause of bedwetting at any age is important for many reasons. There are some illnesses or age related causes that make it easy to see the cause but there are also times when diagnosis is necessary. Causes of bedwetting are discussed here in this article.
In some situations, wetting the bed occurs as a result of an emotional or psychological predicament that teenagers or adults are faced with. If you have gone through some kind of trauma, stress or emotionally upsetting event, you may experience bed wetting.
Whereas wetting the bed can be a displeasing thing alone, the crucial thing is to solve the underlying matter. In such situations, the solution may be therapy or psychiatric drugs to help relieve the stress. There are also alternative methods to treat emotional problems, which may include hypnosis, acupuncture or meditation. In cases where there is a psychological cause of bed wetting, there will probably be other symptoms as well, and the issue has to be dealt with one way or another. Unfortunately, bed wetting can cause additional stress, so it's important to find a way to understand and treat this symptom.
Bed wetting is often a sign of weak bladder muscles, which is normal for young children. However, there are lots of reasons for adults to suffer from this as well. It often happens to people who are sick with something else, especially if that person is sick for a long time. Some types of surgery can cause weak bladder muscles, especially if the patient is elderly. For some people weak bladder muscles are a side effect of taking medications. Pregnancy can also cause the bladder muscles to weaken which is why pregnant women have temporary bed wetting problems sometimes. Depending on the original cause for your weakened bladder muscles, you have lots of treatments available to you (which should also stop the bed wetting).
People who drink large volumes of alcohol might have an issue with wetting the bed. Imbibing high volumes of any beverage increases your need to use the restroom, although alcohol can also interrupt your sleep patterns and regular reflexes, therefore you might not wake up when you normally would. This is especially the case if you've consumed a lot of alcohol right before going to bed. This is not usually a problem if you've only had small to moderate amounts of alcohol. People who have this issue often are alcoholics, and this has many serious effects, besides wetting the bed, so help should be found.
When adults start suffering from bed wetting it can be very upsetting. There can be many causes for this condition, both emotional and physical. Sometimes there is a serious medical issue and a doctor should be consulted. Bed wetting can be related to some of the above causes we've been looking at, but there are many others as well. No matter what the reasons are behind your bed wetting, there are lots of ways to treat it and keep it from recurring.
