Bedwetting Help
Bedwetting: Who is affected?
Bedwetting, medically termed enuresis, stems from various sources. As babies and toddlers advance through potty-training at distinct paces, bedwetting until age 7 raises no alarms. (1) Prevalence of bedwetting remains notable up to 54 months, with around 30% of kids, but decreases significantly to 9.5% by 65 months.
What are the signs and symptoms?
- Persistent bedwetting after 7 years of age
- Onset of bedwetting after months of nighttime dryness
- Consult a doctor when bedwetting coincides with painful urination, unusual thirst, firm stools, or pink-hued urine. (3)
“Because of chiropractic care, My son has a new life free of anxiety and
the embarrassment caused by his bedwetting.”
The Medical Approach
- Moisture Alarms – These compact devices link to a pad in a child’s pajamas. When dampness is detected, an alarm sounds to rouse the child for a bathroom visit.
- Desmopressin – This drug elevates anti-diuretic hormone levels, curbing urine production. A substantial issue with this approach is that excessive hydration combined with suppressed urination can lead to low sodium levels and seizures.
The Non-Medical Approach
Non-medical bedwetting remedies encompass:
- Moderating evening fluid intake
- Steering clear of caffeine-containing foods
- Encouraging double voiding before bedtime.
The Chiropractic Approach
Chiropractic adjustments focusing on the sacrum and associated sacral nerves exhibit potential in diminishing bedwetting occurrences. The brain and sacrum house nerve centers governing bladder muscle activity essential for proper urination. Chiropractic intervention modulates these nerve centers, potentially reducing nighttime wetness.
Prove it
In Reed’s study, 46 participants aged 5 to 13 were divided into two groups: one receiving legitimate chiropractic adjustments and the other fake adjustments. The authentic chiropractic care group reported a substantial decrease in bedwetting episodes, while the sham-adjusted group displayed minimal improvement.
Subluxations and Trauma
Nervous system compression is recognized as vertebral subluxation, a consequence of neurological trauma exerting adverse influence on diverse bodily tissues. Such compression incites inflammation, derailing typical physiological, biochemical, and functional processes in otherwise healthy tissue. Subluxations could contribute to various prevalent conditions.
In conclusion
Chiropractic interventions work in harmony with the body’s inherent dynamics, promoting natural recuperation devoid of unnecessary side effects. By mitigating the detrimental repercussions of vertebral subluxation, chiropractic adjustments facilitate organic healing.
When evaluating equal efficacy of conservative medical and chiropractic interventions, assess which path carries fewer detrimental side effects on the journey, and make your choice accordingly.
Truly Proactive Approach
With bedwetting causes spanning wide, it’s challenging to predict the specific triggers for your child. To ensure optimal urinary system functionality from a chiropractic standpoint, regular checkups from infancy onward are advisable. This preventive measure might alleviate one potential cause of this potentially vexing and embarrassing issue.
From the Proceedings of the National Conference on Chiropractic and Pediatrics, emerges a unique perspective on tackling bedwetting concerns.
How long does retracing take?
Each individual may have gone through their own unique traumas, and even people who have gone through the same event may have perceived it in totally different ways. Retracing will take place for exactly how long and/or how many times it needs to in order for total healing to occur. This may sound vague, but it is the only true answer we know.
Retracing in chiropractic care
Retracing can be associated with positive or negative methods, but one thing is sure: catharsis or release is the goal. Sometimes following chiropractic adjustments an individual may relive the moment they slipped and fell and shout out in pain even without feeling any current discomfort. Reports from many chiropractic offices say their patients have terrifying dreams, night terrors, or anxiety for a period of time during their care. Conversely,some experience retracing through physical musculoskeletal pain or stiffness to the same degree or worse than when they first started chiropractic care. It is important to tell your chiropractor of such experiences so he/she can discern between re-aggravation or retracing.
In conclusion
Chiropractic neither adds to nor takes away from anything in the body in order to achieve results. By empowering the body’s natural ability to heal damaged tissue, chiropractic adjustments allow the body to recover, naturally, without the unnecessary side effects. Retracing is a concept that doesn’t readily fit into our mainstream medical philosophy. However, when understood, can lead to a more total version of healing at the cellular level not previously achieved by non-holistic means.
References
- Enuresis. In: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental DisordersDSM-5. 5th ed. Arlington, Va.: American Psychiatric Association;2013. http://www.psychiatryonline.org. Accessed Aug. 24, 2014.
- Urinary incontinence in children. National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse. http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/uichildren/. Accessed Aug. 24, 2014.
- What I need to know about my child’s bedwetting. National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearing house. http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/bedwetting_ez/index.aspx. Accessed Aug. 24, 2014.
- Tu ND, et al. Nocturnal enuresis in children: Etiology and evaluation http://www.uptodate.com/home. Accessed Aug. 24, 2014.
- Huang T, et al. Complementary and miscellaneous interventions for nocturnal enuresis in children. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD005230.pub2/abstract.Accessed Aug. 24, 2014.
- Reed WR; Beavers S; Reddy SK; Kern G; Chiropractic management of primary nocturnal enuresis J Manipulative Physiol Ther 1994;17(9):596-600
- Kent C, Models of Vertebral Subluxation: A Review. J of VertebralSubluxation Res. 1996;1(1):1-7.
- Lantz CA: “The subluxation complex.” In: Gatterman MI (ed): “Foundations of Chiropractic Subluxation.”Mosby, St.Louis, MO,1995
- Reed WR; Beavers S; Reddy SK; Kern G; Chiropractic management of primary nocturnal enuretic children.
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