Post Date April, 15 2023
Frequent nocturnal urination not only disturbs people's clear dreams, but also reduces their sleep quality during night rest, which in turn affects their mental state and work quality the next day. Is frequent nocturnal urination a disease? Let's see what professionals say.
The director of urology at a certain hospital pointed out that frequent nocturnal urination means that the number of times you wake up at night because you want to go to the bathroom exceeds 2. "Increased nocturnal urine" refers to the amount of nocturnal urine that exceeds the amount of diurnal urine, or the amount of nocturnal urine that continues to exceed 750 ml. Whether frequent nocturnal urination is a disease requires specific analysis.
In fact, abnormal urination can be roughly divided into two situations. One is that the number of urinations is large, but the total amount is not large, which is called "frequent urination.". The other is the frequency of urination, urine volume is really large, called "polyuria.".
The reasons for both situations are also different. An expert from a male hospital said: Frequent urination, urgency, and pain in urination can be said to be typical symptoms of urinary system infections. Many diseases can cause these three types of abnormal urination symptoms, including urethritis, bladder, and prostate diseases.
The causes of increased nocturnal urine should be specifically analyzed
[Excessive drinking water]
Some friends are accustomed to eating night snacks, drinking beer, or drinking water or beverages after 9 o'clock. When excessive water is consumed, the body reacts by strengthening the function of the kidneys and expelling excess water from the body, which is completely a normal physiological reaction.
[Age increase]
As people age, the function of organs in the human body is gradually declining, and the kidneys are no exception, especially the aging of the reabsorption function of renal tubules. Less reabsorption leads to an increase in final urine, which is a physiological condition rather than a disease.
However, elderly men should be very vigilant about prostate hyperplasia. In fact, by the age of 50, men have more or less prostate hyperplasia, which is more common among elderly men in their 70s and 80s. However, due to the lack of attention paid by most young people to physical and mental health, the age of men suffering from prostate disease has a younger trend.
[Beware of Prostatitis]
Modern medical research shows that under the long-term action of androgens, the prostate will produce benign hyperplasia and hypertrophy, while the urethra just passes through the prostate. Excessive hyperplasia and hypertrophy of the prostate will compress and stimulate the urethra, resulting in frequent urination. Very severe prostatic hyperplasia may completely compress the urethra, causing poor urine flow, and even urinary incontinence.
Experts remind male friends: Try to avoid prolonged sitting, prevent inflammation of the male urinary system, pay attention to regular physical examinations (such as prostate ultrasound), delay and monitor prostate hyperplasia, and take timely measures. In addition, prostate cancer is also a major threat to male health, so an enlarged prostate should also be vigilant for the presence of prostate cancer.
In fact, in addition to these factors, there are some rare causes, such as central or renal diabetes insipidus. If you only occasionally get up at night to go to the bathroom or urinate slightly, you should pay attention to adjusting your lifestyle and not drinking too much water or beverages before going to bed. Friends who do have these symptoms do not need to panic. Choose a regular and professional hospital to seek medical attention in a timely manner, and apply the right medicine to the case, so that they can recover as soon as possible.
