Urination
Urinary incontinence is an automatic flow of urine without control. The condition is repeated in the patient two to three times a week, whether during the day or during sleep at night. It has two types, one of which is primary urination and the other is secondary. In the case of secondary insomnia, The patient has the ability to control urination for six months or more, which is one of the problems suffered by young people, and they are infected by their parents, and the prevalence varies between males and females as the male children who suffer from this problem are twice the number of females of the same age, The older the studied category They can also last for the twelfth year.
Causes of urination
There are several reasons for involuntary urination, and vary from child to child:
- Psychological reasons such as little attention to the child, or the result of alienation from a family member, especially when the birth of a new child.
- Genetics If one or both parents have experienced this problem in childhood.
- The presence of an organic problem such as urinary tract infection, bladder weakness, tonsillitis, type 1 diabetes, or intestinal worms such as pimples, which are present on vegetables and fruits. If the child is neglected before washing, the worm will lay eggs At the anus, allowing the area, causing urination, or constipation.
- The foods that contain methane-like zanthine like tea, chocolates, are a diuretic.
- If a child has a disease that affects his cognitive development, he can not recognize his need to go to the toilet, such as Mongolian wailing and hyperactivity.
- Sleep so deeply that the child does not feel the need for bladder to empty the inside.
Treatment of urination
The problem of insomnia is treated in two ways: behavioral therapy, which is the best. Because dependence on drugs makes the child vulnerable to side effects. Eighty percent of the patients return to the problem after treatment. But it must be understood that behavioral therapy takes months, The drug shows its effect after about two weeks.
- Behavioral therapy is to educate parents about the nature of the problem, its causes, and therefore the search for the appropriate treatment method, depending on the cause, in addition to not reprimand the child, or embarrass him in front of others as a deterrent, it would make the problem worse.
- Drug therapy: Give the child a medicine similar to anti-diuretic, but should not be used until after the doctor.