Nocturia

Nocturia is a symptom, not a disease, in which people wake up several times during the night with the need to urinate—at least two or three times.

It is common after the age of 50, although occasionally people can suffer from it before. It affects more men than women; out of ten people affected, only three are women. These people wake up feeling that they have to urinate, get up, go to the bathroom and then go back to bed. The symptom, therefore, has nothing to do with enuresis or uncontrolled bed wetting, since those affected by nocturia have urinary control.

Nocturia is the main cause of insomnia or sleep interruption in adult men and has a negative effect on daily activity, quality of life and quality of sleep.

Causes of this disease may include:

In some people the kidneys produce too much urine. If overproduction occurs, especially at night, it is called nocturnal polyuria.
There are several reasons for overproduction of urine, such as diabetes (Type I or Type II), or primary polydipsia, which produces a sensation of dry mouth forcing us to drink excessively.
Some people have a smaller bladder, so it fills up more quickly, and they are not able to hold the urine output overnight.
If there is any alteration of the bladder or prostate, such as benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH), it may not be possible to empty the bladder completely before bedtime. In this case, the bladder fills sooner and you may not be able to hold the amount of urine produced throughout the entire night.

Treatment. Nocturia is treated with medicinal plants, muscarinic receptor antagonists, loop diuretics, desmopressin and prostate surgery in some cases.

For more information visit:

Nocturia
http://www.nafc.org/nocturia/

Men & IC
http://www.ichelp.org/page.aspx?pid=353

Diagnosis and Treatment of Overactive Bladder in Midlife Women
http://www.menopause.org/docs/default-document-library/bladder0312.pdf?sfvrsn=0

Creation date: 17/09/2015 - Last modification date: 07/12/2015

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