Christmas break can be a nightmare for the kids enureticos.

– according to 83% of pediatricians, the majority of parents not seeking medical help by which nearly 70 per cent of children are not diagnosed correctly

-nocturnal enuresis is more comUN in children than girls and if untreated may persist into adulthood

– is not something inherited due to a problem in a gene on chromosome 13, although there are other genes and chromosomes that could have relationship

Madrid, December 2012.- with the arrival of the winter holidays the consequences of having nocturnal enuresis are made more patents for many ninyou to not be able to go to homes of relatives or friends to spend the night.

Children who suffer from nocturnal enuresis suffer losses of urine in bed during sleep and usually do not wake up after urination. two or more episodes of leaks must be produced a month to talk about bedwetting and is considered a problem from the age of 5.

Nocturnal enuresis is more common in children than in girls and, untreated, the problem can persist into adulthood; many parents consider that their children outweigh the bedwetting with age, because they blame it wrongly to jealousy, stress, or any concern when the truth is that, in 85% of cases it’s a hereditary problem. According to the latest research the key lies in a gene on chromosome 13, although other genes and chromosomes that could have a relationship are being studied.

Antidiuretic hormone is synthesized in the brain and is responsible for regulating the amount of urine, your level is constant during the day and increases at night to reduce the production of urine. Enureticas, for reasons still unknown persons, not release more hormone at night matching the production of urine with the day, the bladder is then filled and occurs during sleep involuntary loss.

Nocturnal enuresis affects 15% of children aged 5 and 10% of children aged 7, with this problem the kids not doing some collective activities, reach complexes, shame and declining school performance and self-esteem, which affects the family balance. In fact pediatricians consider enuresis in children between 8 and 16 years old, is perceived as the most traumatic event after the divorce and the fights between parents.

The lack of information has the problem become a taboo subject. According to 83% of pediatricians, the majority of parents does not usually attend inquiry by what about 70% of children are not diagnosed correctly. Bed wetting prevention through its identification as a health problem and the pediatrician is a key piece because you can rule out more serious pathologies that lead associate bedwetting as diabetes, infections or malformations of the urinary tract, will provide information about the problem, and will determine the treatment to be followed either the adoption of measures behavioral, medical treatment, etc.

It is important to know that there are effective and safe treatments for this problem, as the pediatrician who can orient to parents for their solution.