Bed Wetting
Night Terrors
Little Callum was brought in by his mother for problems relating to:
1. warts covering his face and body for over 12 months
2. frequent night terrors
3. frequent bed wetting
Now this gorgeous boy is king of the castle! You might still see remnants of the warts in the photo above, on his chin and cheek, which simply dried up and dropped off after the 3rd adjustment. And so far no wet bed for several weeks. He even used to get into his parents bed after escaping from his bad dreams and wet it too.
He'd had these symptoms for over a year.
We hope the good results continue and we'll update regularly.
It is unknown how chiropractic affects this condition. Not all bedwetting responds to chiropractic care. I have about a 50/50 failure/success rate so far. I beleive that Callum's body was stressed by the spinal problems, which depleted his energy and directly affected his immune system (through his nervous system), such that the cause of warts* (human pappiloma virus - HPV) was able to express itself vigorously.
His bladder control is linked to the brain and the nervous system. If there is any interference to this control at any point along the spine, it may affect the function of the bladder and it's reflex mechanisms of automatic (autonomic) control.
Little Callum is such a big fan of Superman, that I call him "SuperCallum".
* human papilloma virus
( HPV ), infectious papilloma virus; 55 nm in diameter, of
the genus Papillomavirus, family Papovaviridae;
certain types cause cutaneous and genital warts in
man, including verruca vulgaris and condyloma
acuminatum; other types are associated with
severe cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and
anogenital and laryngeal carcinomas. Over 70
types have been characterized on the basis of
DNA relatedness. (Stedman's Medical Dictionary)
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