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Bedwetting
Bedwetting (bed wetting or in doctorspeak Nocturnal Enuresis) is a problem that affects about one in eight people in childhood. It becomes less common as people grow into adulthood but still troubles one in a hundred at age fifteen. It is acutely embarrassing both for children and parents and can inhibit a great deal of social activity. As it could be caused by potentially serious medical problems it needs to be properly checked out by a doctor and appropriate treatment undertaken.
When properly diagnosed, there are a number of drug treatments to either contract weak bladders or relax tense ones. They all have side effects. In intractable problems indwelling catheters may be used to get round the problem. They are not a cure.
Bedwetting Treatments
Modern Western Medicine
Drugs used include nasal sprays of hormones such as Desmopressin, drugs to relax the bladder such as Oxybutinin and as a last resort and rather outdated, tricyclic antidepressants such as Imipramine and Amitriptyline. The last group of drugs are not specific for the bladder and can affect vision and blood pressure. they may also cause sleepiness.
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Complementary Therapy
Please help us to help you by letting your practitioner know about Shared Care so that they might contact us (email to:- editor(at)shared-care.com) with their evidence to add their therapy to this list.
The therapies/educational systems shown below have been noted as helpful for Bedwetting
These are commonly available:-
| Counselling and Psychotherapy |
| Homeopathy |
| Osteopathy |
| Western Herbal Medicine |
| Less so are:- |
| Biofeedback |
Please also see Approaches Individual to the Practitioner for lists of those whose approaches don't fall into any specific category
The following practitioners have indicated that they have a special interest in Bedwetting
Please click on the "more.." button for fuller details.
Bedwetting Blog
Add your contributions to the blog for this page. The button is at the bottom of the page or follow this link to the blog for this page. These can be absolutely anything related to the topic of this page that needs an answer from other members of the community, or a space for you to complain about or comment on anything related to that topic.
Bedwetting Support Groups
The home country of the group is listed. Most will provide more information, advice, contacts and help wherever you live:-
| ERIC | Great Britain | National |
| The Continence Foundation | Great Britain | National |
Please email editor(at)shared-care.com with the name and URL of your suggestions for additional groups.
Places to Eat and Stay, Tourist, Town and Travel Guides
These sections are designed to provide help in finding restaurants, cafes, hotels, resorts, towns, beaches, travel companies and so on that are user friendly for our communities.
Shopping Zone
Editors Choice
Not all good things come from Amazon. The following are my choices of goodies that I have come across or in which I have had some involvement. If you want to add anything please email me (editor(at)shared-care.com) with details
| Surprisingly Gluten Free | Gluten free cookbook; lots of good recipes |
| Surprisingly Gluten Free | |
| Dr Michaels New Horizons | Self help tapes from No Panic |
| No Panic | |
| Lumie Sunlamp | Sunlamp for SAD (works for me! (ed)) |
| Lumie | |
| The FISH Plan for Migraine | Free downloadable book about treating migraine |
| The FISH Plan for Migraine | |
| The FISH Plan for Irritable Bowel Syndrome | Free downloadable book about treating Irritable Bowel Syndrome |
| The FISH Plan for IBS | |
| Your Heart Needs the Mediterranean Diet | Necessary dietary reading for everyone |
| Your Heart Needs the Mediterranean Diet | |
