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Nocturnal enuresis treatment: Does a bedwetting alarm work to stop bedwetting?

DKrunner | Dec 7, 2011 |

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Bedwetting Alarm

The potentially embarrassing experience of bedwetting affects many more people than one might guess, on a regular basis for some individuals.

An estimated one in every 50 teenagers still wet the bed, and 26 million Americans are estimated to also still wet the bed.

In all reality, there may be many more adults than that that still have trouble with this problem; people are probably not quick to admit to it because it can be rather embarrassing for the person who is suffering through the experience.

The good news is that there are different nocturnal enuresis treatments out there that can make a big difference in whether or not you continue to suffer from this condition.

One of the most popular and most effective ways to treat and stop bedwetting is wearing a bedwetting alarm.

A bedwetting alarm is backed by clinical studies and basic learning principles.

How does a bedwetting alarm work?

A bedwetting alarm is a small device that attaches to both your undergarments and your shoulder.

When the device detects fluid, it sounds an alarm from the part of the device that is attached to your shoulder.

The alarm can take form and a number of different ways.

You can have a bedwetting alarm that vibrates, one that sounds alarm, or one that has flashing lights. Some even offer a combination of all 3 of those alerting methods.

What happens is that when the person starts to have an accident, the alarm sounds immediately and they are woken up.

Over time, a bit of classical conditioning comes into play; the person may begin to associate starting to use the restroom (at an inopportune time, while still in bed and asleep) with waking up quickly.

After a while, when a person starts to have an accident in their sleep, they may wake up very quickly and very suddenly.

Once those 2 things are strongly correlated, the person can stop wearing the device because they will start to wake up when they need to use the restroom, on their own, without any kind of alarms.

The particular brand in the image above is rated very well by it’s users.

This version, below, is a bit cheaper, but still gets very good reviews by people who have had luck treating this condition with this device.

There are a number of things that you will want to consider before you buy a bed wetting alarm.

The most important things are going to be which gender you are buying for; some devices are better made for females than males and you want to make sure that you get one that is going to work for the intended wearer.

Another thing that is important is what kind of alarm the system has; you want to be able to put it on a discrete mode, and the best way to do that would probably be by one that alerts you via lights or vibrations.