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Sleep Apnea and Bedwetting: How Are They Connected?

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Chummie - Sleep Apnea and Bedwetting Does your child snore loudly, feel tired after a complete sleep and continues to wet the bed? If yes, then chances are your child is suffering from a sleep apnea, which is leading to bedwetting. Studies show that sleep apnea and bedwetting are linked with each other.
What is Sleep Apnea?
Sleep Apnea is a sleep disorder in which breathing is interrupted during sleep because of the swollen or inflamed tonsils or adenoids. Some of the symptoms might include snoring, sore throat, and drowsiness during the day.
What’s the connection between Sleep Apnea and Bedwetting?
When your child experiences difficulty in breathing, his or her brain has to work much harder to get in the oxygen, and in doing so the brain focuses less on other functions such as the bladder control.Sleep Apnea can also upset the antiduretic hormone that controls the amount of urine kidneys produce. If your child’s body is unable to produce enough of the antiduretic hormone the kidneys continue to make urine, which results in bedwetting. What’s more sleep apnea can also delay neurological development which is absolutely essential for a child during the night without wetting the bed. In the blog the Chart (blog post title: The many possible reasons of bedwetting; Sept, 27, 2011) on cnn.com, Dr. Lisa Shives notes that “sleep apnea in children is well known to be associated with stunted growth. Therefore, it could be that sleep apnea slows the neurologic development that is necessary for a child to sleep through the night without wetting the bed.”

If you have notice any of the above mentioned symptoms in your child, then talk to your child’s pediatrician, and find out if sleep apnea is the cause for bedwetting in your child.

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