W-O-W pt.4: Toilet Troubles
Wiseup-On-Water! Dehydration can contribute to health problems such as urine infections, bed-wetting, daytime wetting and constipation. Good hydration is important in the prevention of urinary tract infection (UTI). One per cent of boys and three per cent of girls experience a UTI during the first ten years of life. UTI can be serious in children if it is associated with reflux of urine back up the ureter causing kidney damage. UTIs can also be a cause of bed- or pant-wetting and poor school attendance in older children.(24) Bed-wetting can also worsen if insufficient fluid is drunk during the day. This reduces bladder capacity so that the child may not then be able to cope with the compensatory increase in fluids drunk during the evening.(25)
Chronic constipation is a very common complaint affecting 3-8 per cent of children. It is three times more common in prepubescent boys than girls, but this ratio reverses in adolescence. Inadequate fluid intake is one of the most frequent causes of chronic constipation.(26) Additional water intake can increase stool frequency when a child’s voluntary fluid consumption is lower-than-normal for their age and activity level.(27) Preventing constipation is important because this condition is a risk factor for colorectal cancer.(28)
Whether their water comes from a fountain or from a pure Spring in Ireland, Luna and Lara just want your child to be happy and healthy! So Drink Up and Wiseup-On-Water!
24 The National Kidney Research Fund. What I tell parents
about... UTIs and reflux in children. Reproduced from the
British Journal of Renal Medicine, Autumn 1999, Volume 4,
25 Water is cool in school. FAQ: What's the link between
wetting problems and drinking water?
http://www.wateriscoolinschool.org.uk/faq.html
Water, electrolytes, minerals and trace elements. London:
Chapman & Hall 1997
Chloride and Sulfate (2004) Institute of Medicine of the
National Academies. Washington DC: The National
Academies Press. http://books.nap.edu/catalog/10925.html
26 Arnaud MJ. Mild dehydration: a risk factor of constipation?
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2003;57(Suppl 2):S88-95
27 Young RJ, Beerman LE and Vanderhoof. Increasing oral fluid
in chronic constipation in children. Gastroenterology Nursing
1998;21:156-61
28 Sonnenberg A, Muller AD. Constipation and cathartics as risk
factors of colorectal cancer: a meta-analysis. Pharmacology
1993;47(Suppl 1):224-33
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