Dr. Ram Prasad Subedi Health blog

Do you still wet your bed??? Look guys! he /she is still urinating in their bed. "Urinator" is a silly name given to them by their friends and family members. A Child is good in studies ,active in  sports. Still he/she have to face humiliation due to their bedwetting problem. We have heard people having sleepwalking, night terror,  and bedwetting . What is the reality  or truth behind it? Now, let's discuss why some children experience  bedwetting . Medically bedwetting is called nocturnal enuresis defined as "Urinary incontenance more than equal to 2 times per week for more than equal to 3 months in a person more than 5 years old". Sleep cycle has 2 stages : Non-REM Sleep and REM Sleep (Rapid Eye Movement Sleep ie. sleep with dreams )   Non-REM or Dreamless Sleep has 3 parts. 1. N1= superficial sleep.  2. N2= Deeper sleep where bruxism or tooth grinding occurs. 3. N3= Deepest sleep, where bedwetting , Night terror, sleepwalking occurs.  So bed wett...

As monsoon starts in Nepal, movements of peoples in the community increases so leads to increase the cases of common prevalent diseases.  Many diseases occurs during rainy season like Acute Gastroenteritis, Typhoid fever, Dengue fever , Malaria, Viral hepatitis and seasonal flu. Following are the some common monsoon diseases with features. 1. Typhoid Fever  Typhoid fever also known as Enteric fever caused by a bacteria called Salmonella typhi which found in infected person's stool. Spread by faeco-oral route (unfiltered water,  unhygienic street foods, flies, uncleaned hands, uncleaned plate and glass).Infected patients may develop: high Fever , weakness of body, loss of appetite, vomiting, constipation initially , Fatigue, diarrhea, Headache, Rash in chest and back called rose spot , confusion in 2nd and third week of disease onset.               Rash in typhoid(rose spot)              ...