Question

My child is six years old and often wets the bed around 5 or 6 in the morning, especially after dinner when they have soup. We have tried Chinese medicine, but the effect is not significant. Parents are at a loss as to what to do.

Answer

Children over five years old who still wet the bed at night and have more than two episodes per month are medically referred to as having “nocturnal enuresis.” Possible causes include the child being too tired, napping too long during the day, or consuming too much fluid before bedtime, which leads to them sleeping very deeply and not waking up when they have a urge to urinate. It is recommended that parents pay attention to the child’s daytime activities, avoid overexertion, and refrain from drinking too much fluid before bedtime to reduce the occurrence of nocturnal enuresis.