Wednesday, July 8, 2009

The Different Kinds of Adult Nocturnal Enuresis

By Patty Miller

When we think of people wetting the bed we usually think about small children learning to use the bathroom or very elderly people who are unable to control their bladders. You may not be aware of this but a good number of otherwise healthy young adults suffer from adult nocturnal enuresis. Healthy men and women who suffer from nocturnal enuresis are often too embarrassed to inform their doctor about this problem. Sadly, these people could most likely be helped if they spoke to a medical professional.

It is not only older adults who suffer from unwanted bed urination. This medical malady also affects strong and healthy younger men and women and even adolescents who have no other medical concerns. Incontinence during the day can be an issue with many people elderly people, adult bedwetting seems to affect people from all backgrounds and cultural groups.

Some adults have grown up wetting the bed all their lives, while some adults later develop a bed wetting problem after living decades with no problems at all. Not all men and women have the same types of nocturnal enuresis symptoms. There are two main types of adult bed wetting - primary nocturnal enuresis and secondary nocturnal enuresis and the symptoms and treatments vary for each type. Each type of nocturnal enuresis has a chance of being prevented with medical solutions designed to help mature bedwetters.

Bed wetters throughout the years of their lives are could have physical ailments that are causing their nocturnal enuresis. Adults who have had bed wetting issues all their lives are said to suffer from primary nocturnal enuresis. Often adults who suffer from primary nocturnal enuresis are genetically disposed to bed wetting. Genes can play a big part in an adult's issues with night time bed wetting.

Another type of bed wetting can sometimes be caused by stress, excessive alcohol consumption before bed or a physical injury that occurred later in life. Unexpected occurrences of bed wetting are usually attributed to secondary nocturnal enuresis, which is often referred to as adult onset bed wetting. This type of bed wetting is known as secondary nocturnal enuresis and it is the term used to describe men and women who being having bed wetting issues later in life.

Though it's an embarrassing problem for millions of people, it's important to not forget that bed wetting is a symptom of something and not an actual illness unto itself. Approximately four million adults suffer from some sort of nocturnal enuresis. Urinating in bed can usually be the sign of a more dangerous medical condition.

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