Treatment of bedwetting in children with folk remedies

Nighttime or daytime urinary incontinence is a common, unpleasant, and highly traumatic problem. The child's psyche can be significantly affected by such "surprises". The task of the parents is, without aggravating the situation, without scolding him for a wet bed, as soon as possible to help the baby cope with enuresis. Folk remedies, time-tested and by many generations of now adults, will come to the rescue.

Symptoms and signs

Nocturnal urinary incontinence can have many causes, both congenital and acquired. Underdevelopment of the bladder, overwork, hypothermia, infectious diseases, psychological and neurological problems. Not the least of the causes of bedwetting is the lack of normal nutrition.

Usually, the baby is written either closer to midnight, or in the morning. In the first case, the bladder relaxes unnecessarily when falling asleep, in the second, it is quite strong and does not expand to the full extent as it fills, as a result, there is an uncontrolled release of fluid naturally outward. Quite rarely, enuresis occurs during the daytime, in the afternoon nap.

Most often, children with enuresis sleep much more soundly than others. And usually they don't remember what happened at night in the morning. They can be woken up in the middle of the night, although this is quite problematic, put on a pot, but the result will be the same - the baby will not write until he is back in his bed.

When is it impossible to do with folk methods?

If the incontinence is caused by tumor processes and dysfunctions of the central nervous system.
If enuresis is a consequence of more serious causes associated with inflammation of the bladder, with renal ailments.
If the inability to control the bladder is hereditary.

The children's doctor in this program will talk about children's enuresis, as well as if the cause of "wet pants" is neurological in nature.

Effective folk remedies

A cotton swab on the back. Take a small piece of cotton wool, moisten it with warm water and slide the child along the spine several times from top to bottom (from the base of the neck to the tailbone). Then put on a dry T-shirt and send him to bed. Such an incredible and inexplicable, from the point of view of medicine, method works very well. In most children, enuresis disappears in the first 2-3 days. The method is effective for incontinence caused by nervous shocks and stress.

Dill seeds. Brew a tablespoon of dry dill seeds in a glass of boiling water. Insist for at least 2-3 hours, after which give the kids half a glass in the morning before breakfast on an empty stomach, and children from 10 years old - a whole glass.

Lingonberry leaves and berries. Brew dry lingonberry leaves (about 50 g) in half a liter jar of boiling water. Then you should boil the liquid for 10-15 minutes. Insist, cool and strain. It is advisable to give a child such a drink in the morning on an empty stomach, and then before meals every time for half an hour. The total number of daily intake is no more than 4. A single dose depends on age. Children are usually given half a glass, older children - a whole glass. As a result, during the day the child will visit the toilet a little more often than usual, and at night his bed will remain dry.

Lingonberries are great for making fruit drinks, which should be given 2-3 times a day, but not before bed.

Honey therapy. If the baby is peeing at night, then before bedtime he can be given a teaspoon of honey, of course, if the child does not have allergies. This beekeeping product soothes, relaxes the nervous system and retains moisture. Gradually, the evening dose of honey should be reduced as the child recovers.

Parsley root. Chop the dried parsley root and make a decoction. Let it sit for about an hour. A child is given such a drink 2-3 tablespoons per day with the last intake - at least five hours before going to bed.

Hardening. Pour enough cold water into the tub or basin to submerge only the ankle-deep feet of the child. Let the baby walk in cold water until it gets cold. Then place it on a massage mat or regular hard bathroom mat and walk it around until your feet are warm. The procedure is best done in the morning.

Physiotherapy. Try to make gymnastics an obligatory exercise in your baby's daily routine. Add to it exercises related to strengthening the muscles of the perineum - walking on the buttocks. While sitting on the floor, ask your baby to move forward, pushing off only with his buttocks. First forward and then backward.

Warm compresses with ginger water. Grate the ginger, squeeze the juice from the resulting mass through cheesecloth and mix with a glass of boiled water, which has cooled to 60-70 degrees. Gently dip the edge of a towel in it and apply it on the lower abdomen, in the area of the bladder, until the skin in this place turns red. Such warming up with ginger juice perfectly relaxes a tense bladder and equally effectively strengthens an overly relaxed organ.

Bread and salt. Before going to bed, give your baby half an hour to eat a small piece of bread sprinkled with salt. Likewise, children are given small pieces of salted herring.

Plantain leaves. 20 grams of dry plantain leaves should be brewed in a glass of boiling water, let it brew well, strain and water the child with the resulting liquid 2-3 times a day.

Onion and honey mixture. Rub one onion on a grater and mix the resulting gruel with a tablespoon of flower honey and half a green apple, grated on a fine grater. Give the mixture to your child for about two weeks, a tablespoon before each fasting meal. The mixture cannot be stored; it must be prepared anew before each use.

Lavrushka. Boil three large bay leaves and boil for half an hour in a liter of water. Cool, let it brew well and let the child drink the resulting broth 2-3 times a day, half a glass for a week.

Thyme and yarrow. Take dried herbs in equal parts and brew as a tea. Give your child a tablespoon to drink 2-3 times a day. Children over 8 years old can be given a quarter of a glass.

When is the help of a specialist needed?

If bedwetting is accompanied by frequent day trips to the toilet and complaints of painful urination.
If the child complains of pain in the lower abdomen, side or pulling sensations in the lower back.
If enuresis begins to recur in a child over 10 years old.

What can’t be done?

Some parents and healers advise using hypnosis elements to treat infantile enuresis. In the stage of paradoxical sleep (when the baby has not yet fallen asleep, but is no longer awake, his eyes stick together), the child is given certain verbal suggestions and attitudes. Experts strongly discourage untrained people from using any tools from the arsenal of psychotherapy. At best, it will have no effect, at worst, it will negatively affect the psyche and nervous system of the baby.
Do not start treatment for incontinence without talking to your doctor. The cause of enuresis must be found, because incontinence can be a manifestation of serious and dangerous diseases of the urinary tract, disorders in the production of antidiuretic hormone, delay in the development of the central nervous system.
You can not ignore enuresis and treat it lightly. Yes, yes, there are those parents who assure that bedwetting is an age-related and temporary phenomenon, and will go away on its own. If you do not provide the child with timely medical care, enuresis threatens to turn into severe hysteria, mental disorders, prolonged depression and the formation of a persistent inferiority complex in the child. And if you "overlook" the beginning inflammation in the urinary tract, the infection can develop into a chronic form, become more complicated, and then you will have to be treated for the rest of your life.

Tips

If the baby is peeing, send him to the sports section, to dances, where you need to move a lot and intensively. It is the movement that will remove muscle clamps, allow you to relax at a qualitatively different level at night.
If enuresis is caused by overwork, prolonged nervous stress, make sure that the child slept exclusively on its side. And in order not to watch the baby all night, tie two towels around the child's body. The knots should be on the back and stomach, then the child will be uncomfortable lying in any position except on the side. Such bandages are usually made for a short time, the habit of sleeping on their side is formed within a week.
To reduce the risk of occurrence, diapers should be discarded completely at the age of two. It is better if this happens earlier, because only after such a "exit from the comfort zone" the baby will begin to learn to control his urination.
You should not bring stressful situations to enuresis. It is better to extinguish and resolve conflicts and problems immediately, without delay. With increased nervous excitement, give the child soothing teas, light herbal sedatives, show the baby to a child psychologist and psychiatrist. You should be especially attentive to the child's emotions during the "transitional" periods - when he starts attending kindergarten, schools, if the family moves, changes place of residence, during the divorce of parents, the appearance of another child in the family, and so on.
A good prevention is timely potty training. In no case should you do it too early, but you shouldn't delay it either. The optimal age at which a child is able to learn to control his urination without undue stress is from 1 year and 8 months to 2 years.
Monitor your baby's fluid intake closely. Limit drinking after 6 p.m.
Please be patient. Some forms of bedwetting can be very difficult and require much more time and effort on the part of the parents and the child.

The country's leading pediatrician, Dr. Komarovsky, will tell us everything in detail about such a delicate topic as children's enorosis, the causes and how to deal with it.