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Bedwetting: Bedwetting Alarms

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BEDWETTING ALARMS Far from being a gimmick, bedwetting alarms are systems that are still little used in France. Reimbursed in Belgium, Switzerland, and many other countries, the alarm system was studied in France in 2003 by the French High Authority for Health. The proven effectiveness of these alarm systems is over 87% in 2 months. Children who are bedwetting are bedwetting for two main reasons: Immaturity of the waking system resulting in very deep sleep Lack of antidiuretic hormone production, limiting urine production at night as in adults or toilet-trained children. The combination of these two factors leads to bedwetting problems at night. The principle of alarms is to "re-educate" the brain. Each time the child urinates, the alarm will go off, causing the child to wake up. Repeated awakenings will cause the brain to adapt, with initially (or after 7-10 days) an upgrade of the child's waking system, so that the child wakes up on their own in the event of a full bladder. Then, in a second phase, the brain being "disturbed" several times during the night, an increase in the production of anti-diuretic hormone so that the child's bladder is not full in the middle of the night, and so that the child does not need to wake up to go to the toilet. Unfortunately, it is difficult to find these products in pharmacies in France. It is therefore advisable to buy them by mail order.
 

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