The child was treated with a buzzer but did not wake up?
Many parents report about attempts to treat their child with a buzzer (enuresis alarm). Everyone in the house woke up except the child. The buzzer is activated by the first drop of urine and starts to ring. The purpose of treatment by buzzer is to create conditioning of the reflex system. The reflex system is subconscious, therefore the child self wakening to the buzzer is not a compulsory condition for treatment success. The child learns subconsciously to connect between the urination to the unpleasant buzzer response and the waking up and walking to the toilet. When the child does not wake by himself to the buzzer, the parents are instructed to do some essential activities which are essential for the learning process (the reflex conditioning). About 40-60% of patients will stop wetting by using the buzzer. For most patients, however, the buzzer will not be sufficient and other therapeutic techniques will have to be added. The treatment with the buzzer has to be short term (not longer
