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What Causes Excessive Sleeping?
Excessive urination at night is a condition in which you wake up several times during the night to urinate. Waking up several times a night to urinate is called nocturia.
Alternative Names
Nocturia
Considerations
Normally,urinedecreases in amount and become more concentrated at night. That means, most people can sleep 6 to 8 hours without having to urinate.
But, persons with nocturia get up more than once during the night to urinate. Because of this, those who have excessive urination at...
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Yawning: excessive
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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