Current research shows that bedwetting is a strongly hereditary
condition. The condition is, usually, caused by the fact that the
child's body is not producing adequate amounts of a hormone called
Antidiuretic
Hormone (also called vasopressin) when the child sleeps.
The Antidiuretic Hormone
has two actions.
- It decreases the volume of urine produced by
the kidneys overnight.
- It causes the child not to sleep as
deeply so that they become aware when their bladder is full. Most
children who wet the bed are very deep sleepers.
Children and adolescents
who wet of a night are "normal" in all other aspects of their
development. Many parents mistakenly believe the condition is
psychological. In fact, it is physiological or "biochemical"
in origin. The typical client treated by Awakedry is a healthy,
developmentally normal young person who happens to wet of a night.
In very rare instances,
bedwetting may be caused by a physical or emotional problem.
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