Nocturia is the need to get up during the night in order to urinate, thus interrupting sleep. Its occurrence is more frequent in the elderly. Nocturia could result simply from too much liquid intake before going to bed, or it could be a symptom of a larger problem, such as urinary incontinence. The term symptom (from the Greek syn = con/plus and pipto = fall, together meaning co-exist) has two similar meanings in the context of physical and mental health: A symptom may loosely be said to be a physical condition which shows that one has a particular illness or disorder (see... Jump to: navigation, search In medicine, a sign is a feature of disease as detected by the doctor during physical examination of a patient. ... Jump to: navigation, search The following codes are used with International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems. ... The following is a list of codes for International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems. ... Urinary incontinence is the involuntary excretion of urine from ones body. ...
Nocturia - the need to wake at night one or more times to void (urinate) - is a disruptive and under-recognised condition affecting two-thirds of people aged 50-59 worldwide.
Nocturia has only recently begun to be recognised as a medical condition in its own right rather than a symptom of some other disorder[vi].
Nocturia is a multifactorial condition with a range of causes that include cardiovascular disease, reduced bladder capacity, diabetes and psychological factors.
In this study, as in others, nocturia was equally bothersome for men and women, and nearly two-thirds of both sexes reported that getting up at night had a negative effect on their lives.
And even if nocturia produces sleep deprivation, medical treatment with alpha blockers, finasteride, or even herbs should be considered alternatives to standard prostate surgery and the newer, less invasive surgical therapies.
Nocturia is complex, but a few simple adjustments can help you manage the problem, whatever its cause.
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