Bed Wetting Products

Bed wetting is quite normal among toddlers. Children six years old and above should already be toilet-trained. However, approximately five million children in the United States have a condition which is called primary nocturnal enuresis. This condition is called "bed wetting" in laymen terms. Such children do not only suffer from the discomfort of bed wetting, but also from the ridicule they receive from people, sometimes enough to scar them for life.

The family of the child with bed wetting problems is not spared when this condition happens to the child. They become burdened not only with dealing with a lot of wet laundry, but they also spend so much time thinking about possible solutions to help their child. But they should worry no more – nowadays there are many bed wetting products designed to help their children stop, or sometimes just cope, with bed wetting.

Heredity and hormones are two of the medical factors that have been found to have a strong association to the condition. It has been shown in various clinical studies that a child with both parents who have a history of primary nocturnal enuresis will have a 77 percent risk of developing the condition. If one parent experienced primary nocturnal enuresis in the past, the child will have a 44 percent risk of bed wetting. The body's hormone is another factor, and is the target of some bed wetting products.  ADH, or anti-diuretic hormone, is the hormone that concentrates the urine and a synthetic product designed to mimic its effect has been developed to help stop bed wetting.

There are two medical bed wetting products in the market today. Desmopressin acetate is the generic name of the medication that aims to help stop bed wetting. It comes in both oral and intranasal forms. Desmopressin acetate helps children achieve “drier” nights. The popular brands of Desmopressin acetate are DDAVP and Minirin. Imipramine is another medication which is another one of the medical bed wetting products. It functions to relax the bladder when the child is asleep. Both bed wetting products should only be taken with the guidance of a physician to make sure that the child will receive the appropriate dosage and to minimize side effects. Children taking Desmopressin acetate sometimes complain of headache.

One of the most popular bed wetting products is an alarm device which goes off upon sensing wetness. It can be attached to the child's underwear or pajamas. It conditions the child to wake up whenever he has a full bladder and go to the bathroom. The alarm the sensor gives off wakes up not just the child but also the parents most of the time. It is one of the most effective bed wetting products such that success in stopping the bed wetting is usually achieved in six to eight weeks of usage.

Bed wetting products include the commercial mattress pads which may not help stop the bed wetting, but gives the child and the parents a lot of comfort during these terrible times. They are made up of waterproof sheet protectors which guard the sheets and the beddings from urine. Parents just lay these mattresses on top of the sheets and they are free from worries! These bed wetting products help reduce the laundry greatly. These can be readily found in the market nowadays, and come in attractive packagings.

Some parents opt to use bed wetting products in conjunction with more traditional methods such as hypnosis. It is very safe, and has been proven effective in stopping children from wetting the bed. A reward system has been developed by other parents to encourage their children to aim for "dry nights." Some give their children little stars  or stamps just like in their primary school to tell them that they are doing well in their quest to help stop bed wetting.

Bed wetting is nobody's fault. Parents and relatives should understand that children should not be blamed because of this. They should also not be punished because they have this condition. It is bad enough that they are suffering from nocturnal enuresis, they should not go through the painful experience of having their own families blaming or punishing them because they wet the sheets.