Correction of the Condition
It is asserted by some that nocturnal enuresis in many cases is due largely to habit. We see no more reason for considering this condition a habit than for considering any other abnormal condition a habit. It is the result of interference with the transmission of mental impulses, and it is the duty of the chiropractor to find the condition to which nocturnal enuresis is adaptative and correct the cause of that condition.
Some parents have the idea that bed wetting is a habit, and the child should be punished in an effort to break him of the habit. This, however, is the wrong attitude and no good will be accomplished in this manner. Punishment will only tend to make the child nervous and the condition worse.
This condition yields so easily to Chiropractic adjustments that there is no reason for allowing a child to continue without relief from this most annoying condition. We have never seen a case that did not respond to adjustments after the proper analysis was obtained.
In analyzing a care of nocturnal enuresis it must not be taken for granted that the major is K.P., or even a lumbar. For this may not be true. A most thorough analysis should be made to determine the exact condition of the child. If the nervous system is involved, there will likely be found an atlas or axis subluxation. We have seen many cases that had been adjusted persistently at K.P. and a lumbar, but with no results, while an adjustment of the axis would get almost immediate results. This does not mean that every stubborn case will respond to an axis adjustment.
Scanty and highly colored urine, which has a tendency to scale and irritate the skin, usually indicates highly acid urine. In this case a careful analysis must be made to determine the cause of the acidity. The palpation will reveal a subluxation and most likely a hot box at C.P. and K.P. In many cases the child will be anemic, and in a general rundown condition; in this case the combination will be S.P. and K.P.; the combination may also include a lumbar.
In the cases involving the bladder, the major will be a lumbar vertebra. The combination will be determined by the local condition, which may necessitate the use of K.P. When there is an irritation of the genital organs or adjacent structures, the major will include a lower lumbar vertebra and may or may not require a K.P., the combination depending upon the character of the local condition.
From the foregoing it will be observed that the major for nocturnal enuresis varies, depending upon the condition to which it is adaptative. The major may include At., Ax., C.P., K.P., lumbar, or any combination of these or other subluxations. When the impingements are found, and the causative subluxations adjusted, complete results will be obtained—in every case.