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When bed wetting occurs in adults, there is reason for concern, as this is a symptom that is both very uncomfortable and potentially serious. If the cause is medical it is usually easily treated but sometimes the causes might be emotionally based or difficult to pin point. Let's look at some of the causes of bed wetting in adults, which can make it easier to understand why this may be happening.
Problems with the prostate can sometimes cause issues with men in their adult years. Enlarged prostates can cause the feeling of needing to urinate more often and it can, once in a while, cause bed wetting. It is middle aged men who typically suffer from enlarged prostates and these usually have a variety of symptoms. It is important to call your doctor if this happens to you as it can be a sign of a more serious problem like bladder or prostate cancer. If you are male and have noticed that you need to urinate more frequently or that you have issues with bed wetting, you should get your prostate checked out. If there are issues with your prostate that make you wet the bed there are plenty of ways to treat this both with medication and through medical procedures. Hormone problems, especially those with ADH (antidiuretic hormone) can cause bed wetting. This is the hormone that is responsible for urine production by your kidneys, especially while you are asleep. For lots of reasons, an imbalance of ADH can happen and more urine than usual gets produced. In addition to making you need to use the bathroom during the day it can also lead to bed wetting. This hormone imbalance can be brought on by lots of things, including diabetes, so it is vital that your doctor run the enough medical tests to help you figure out why it is happening to you. Once this is identified as the cause of bed wetting, there are ways to normalize your levels of ADH.
Some pregnant women experience the symptom of bed wetting, especially late in their pregnancy, usually in the third trimester. This transpires, due to the size of the baby, as he or she is now large enough to be pushing up against your bladder. This can trigger a more frequent desire to urinate and in some instances, bed wetting. Pregnancy can also make you more liable to get a bladder infection, which can also be a root of wetting the bed. Potentially, there are medications to help assuage this issue, although your physician will need to figure out what is safe for you to take. Fortunately, this is something that won't last for very long, as it is typical in the last few months of a pregnancy. Bedwetting normally is the result of some other condition regardless of age. Treating the underlying cause can often resolve the bedwetting too. Before you attempt to cure your bedwetting you should talk to your doctor about other conditions as suggested above.
