Nocturia Causes
Nocturia: Is it Nighttime Incontinence?
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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Expert & Community Posts
What is Nocturia?
By Florence Cardinal , Health ExpertI suffer from nocturia. It's believed that over two-thirds of people over 55 may also struggle with... Read more »
Nocturia: Incontinence and Sleepless Nights
By Nancy Muller , Health Expert...more during the night to urinate is referred to as nocturia. As we get older, we seem to get up... Read more »
The Benefit of Vitamin D in Fall Prevention
By Nancy Muller , Health Expert...toilet in the middle of the night. The victim of nocturia. On a cold, tile floor. His death... Read more »
Combating the Aging Process
By Nancy Muller , Health Expert...extended longevity into our 80's and beyond. Take nocturia, for example, or getting up more... Read more »
How Does Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) Affect Me?
By Jay Motola , Health Expert...include a weak flow of urine, urinary frequency, nocturia (waking at night to urinate),... Read more »
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
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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 »Related News
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