Shoot Bites Can Prevent Child Bedwetting, Myths or Facts?

Many readers Tekno Tempo.co asked about the bite of dragonflies can make children stop bedwetting, myth or fact? To try to answer that question, the editor of Tekno Tempo.co channel tried to contact Rosichin Ubaidillah, an insect researcher from the Indonesian Institute of Sciences.

"I think that's a myth, so far there is no scientific research that proves that," said Rosichin who is also a research professor in the field of Zoology LIPI, Saturday, January 6, 2017.

In Indonesia is scattered the bite of dragonflies in the navel of children can stop the habit of wetting the child. Not yet clear when the myth was first stuck out. But clearly it is still believed to date.

Instead of healing, Rosiching argues, the bite of a dragonfly can actually be pathogenic microbes (disease) enter the body. "The bite clearly can hurt the skin of a vulnerable child," he said.

In addition, says Rosichin, the bite of a dragonfly can make a child become a phobia against the four-eyed winged insects. "Psychologically not good for children," he said.

Rosichin explained, if the goal is to discipline the child to go urine before bed, parents should be able to use other ways. For example, by making it more fun.

Dragonflies, according to a study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), is the world's number one predator. The success rate of the dragonfly family hunts its prey reaches 95 percent.

"Dragonflies will tear the bodies of their prey and continue chewing them until they form a lump before they finally swallow them," said Michael L. Mei, professor emeritus entomologi at Rutgers.

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