Bedwetting (尿床)
Millions of kids and teenagers from every part of the world wet the bed every
single night. It’s so common that there are probably other kids in your class
who do it. Most kids don’t tell their friends, so it’s easy to feel kind of
alone, like you might be the only one on the whole planet who wets the bed.
1 The fancy name for
bedwetting is nocturnal enuresis. Enuresis runs in families. This means that if
you urinate, or pee, while you are asleep, there’s a good chance that a close
relative also did it when he or she was a kid. 2
The most important thing to remember is that no
one wets the bed on purpose. It doesn’t mean that you’re lazy or a slob.
3 For some reason, kids who wet the bed
are not able to feel that their bladders is full and don’t wake up to pee in the
toilet. Sometimes a kid who wets the bed will have a realistic dream that he’s
in the bathroom peeing—only to wake up later and discover he’s all wet. Many
kids who wet the bed are very deep sleepers. 4
Some kids who wet the bed do it every single
night. Others wet some nights and are dry on others. A lot of kids say that they
seem to be drier when they sleep at a friend’s or a relative’s house. 5 So the brain may be thinking, "Hey, you! Don’t
wet someone else’s bed!" This can help you stay dry if you’re not aware of
it. A. The good news is that almost all kids who wet the bed
eventually stop. B. Trying to wake up someone who wets the bed
is often like trying to wake a log—they just stay asleep. C.
It’s something you can’t help doing. D. Just like you may have
inherited your mom’s blue eyes or your uncles’ long legs, you probably inherited
bedwetting, too. E. That’s because kids who are anxious about
wetting the bed may not sleep much or only very lightly. F. But
you are not alone.