Urination - excessive at night (Nocturia)

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Urination - excessive at night

Alternate Names : Nocturia

Definition

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.

Overview & Considerations

Normally, urine decreases 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 night often have disrupted sleep cycles.

Common Causes

Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Certain drugs including diuretics, demeclocycline, lithium, methoxyflurane, phenytoin, and propoxyphene
Chronic or recurrent urinary tract infection
Chronic renal failure
Congestive heart failure
Cystitis
Diabetes
Drinking too much fluid before bedtime, particularly coffee, caffeinated beverages, or alcohol
High blood calcium level
Obstructive sleep apnea and other sleeping disorders

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Review Date : 9/30/2009
Reviewed By : David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; and Scott Miller, MD, Urologist in private practice in Atlanta, Georgia. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

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