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Friday, October, 16, 2009

Nocturia Causes

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Nocturia: Is it Nighttime Incontinence?

By Jasmine Schmidt Health Expert

This week I gave a presentation on incontinence at a retirement home, and afterwards I stuck around to answer questions as I always do. Overwhelmingly, the questions had to do with nocturia, so I thought I'd devote this SharePost to discussing this condition. Nocturia is a condition in which you have to wake up several times during the night to urinate. This isn't necessarily incontinence, as you aren't actually leaking urine if you wake up and make it to the toilet in time, but obviously waki...

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Health Guide

Frequent Urination, Causes
...to urinate, along with discomfort in your bladder. A frequent need to urinate at night is called nocturia. Most people can sleep for 6 to 8 hours without having to urinate. Middle aged and older... Read more »
Urination: Excessive at night
Waking up several times a night to urinate is called nocturia. Alternative Names Nocturia Considerations Normally,urinedecreases in amount and become more... Read more »
Congestive Heart Failure Patient Guide
...abdomen, liver, spleen and lungs A chronic dry cough or cough bringing up blood-tinged foamy materialNocturia, or an increase in urination at nightPalpitations, or feeling the heart beatOliguria,... Read more »
Cystitis: acute bacterial
...urination (dysuria) Frequent or urgent need to urinate Need to urinate at night (nocturia) Abnormal urine color (cloudy) Blood in the urine (hematuria) ... Read more »

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