Adult Bed Wetting – The Secret Shame
Though it’s often under reported, many adults wet their bed unintentionally throughout their lives and are too scared or ashamed to even tell their doctors. Bed wetting, usually associated with children, could be a sign of a more serious condition in adults.
Adults who wet the bed while asleep sometimes have dangerous underlying conditions which could be cured or treated if they spoke with a doctor. By delaying treatment many of their conditions will only worsen overtime.
It is not only unhealthy older adults who suffer from uncontrollable bed wetting, but also middle-aged adults and even teenagers who are healthy and active. While daytime incontinence could also be a problem with many people older people, adult bedwetting seems to affect people from all walks of life and ages.
Not all adults have the same types of bed wetting problems. Some adults have grown up wetting the bed all their lives, while some adults later develop a bed wetting problem after having years of no problems at all.
PNE (primary nocturnal enuresis) sufferers are people who have had bed wetting issues throughout most of their adult life. These times of bed wetting may vary from frequent to infrequent but have plagued the person over a number of years beyond early childhood. PNE often, but not always, leads the individual to suffer from psychological and self-esteem issues if not treated by a medical professional. Sometimes physical ailments are the root cause for bed wetting in adults who have been doing it all their lives.
SNE (secondary nocturnal enuresis) is defined as bed wetting which begins as teen or adult often years of not having any such bed wetting problems. Secondary nocturnal enuresis is sometimes referred to as adult onset enuresis.
There are many different causes of adult bed wetting, and a qualified medical professional can properly diagnose your condition. Certain drugs, internal injuries, emotional anxiety and even bladder disease can all cause an otherwise healthy adult to wet the bed.
If you suffer from adult bed wetting or have concerns about someone who does, visiting a urologist or qualified physician is probably your best option.
It is estimated that over 4 million American adults suffer from bed wetting. Adult bed wetting can often be the sign of a more dangerous underlying medical condition such as bladder cancer or diabetes, so it is not something to be ignored or treated lightly.
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