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Urination - Excessive at Night


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Alternate Names : Nocturia, Nycturia

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Common Causes

Too much fluid intake -- particularly coffee, caffeinated beverages, or alcohol -- before bedtime
Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Diabetes
Chronic or recurrent urinary tract infection
Chronic renal failure
Congestive heart failure
Cystitis, acute (uncomplicated UTI)
Drugs such as diuretics, cardiac glycosides, demeclocycline, lithium, methoxyflurane, phenytoin, propoxyphene, and excessive Vitamin D

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• Definition
• Overview & Considerations
• Common Causes
• Home Care & Treatment
• Call your Health Care Provider if
• What to Expect at your Health Care Provider's Office
• Pictures & Images

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Diseases & Conditions

• Bedwetting
• Chronic Renal Failure
• Cystitis - Acute Bacterial
• Diabetes
• Enlarged Prostate
• Heart Failure
• Urinary Tract Infection - Chronic or Recurrent

Tests & Exams

• BUN
• CHEM-20
• Creatinine - Serum
• Creatinine Clearance
• Osmolality
• Urinalysis
• Urine Concentration Test

Other Topics

• Abdominal Pain
• Back Pain - Low
• Caffeine in the Diet
• Cardiac Glycosides
• Electrolytes
• Fever
• Physical Examination
• Thirst - Excessive
• Urinary Frequency/Urgency
• Urination - Painful
• Vitamin D

Review Date : 11/5/2001
Reviewed By : David R. Knowles M.D., Department of Urology, New York-Presbyterian Hospital Columbia Campus, New York, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

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