Bedwetting - physically what happens?
To understand bedwetting a little better it may be useful to read this information on what happens in your child’s body.
Bedwetting – what’s going on
- All the blood circulating in their body goes through the kidneys for filtering. Some fluid and nutrients are re-absorbed back into the blood and excess water and waste products are concentrated to form urine.
- The urine passes down tubes called ureters to the bladder, which is a muscular stretchy bag (like a balloon) and has two functions: the first is to store urine, and the second is to expel it via another tube called the urethra.
- At night, the pituitary gland produces antidiuretic hormone (ADH) which tells the kidneys to slow down and stop making so much urine. Some children do not yet make enough of this hormone and as a result their kidneys continue to produce urine at the same rate as during the day. This could be one reason why they wet the bed.
- The child does not recognise the bladder is full, doesn’t wake up and involuntarily releases urine from the bladder.
It’s important to remember that your child is not wetting the bed on purpose, they are not being simply lazy and they do not have control over it.
We’ve provided a diagram and a simple explanation for kids , of what happens to their body at night.
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