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Urination - excessive at night |
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| Alternative Names: | Nocturia; Nycturia
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| Considerations: | It is normal for urine to decrease in amount and become more concentrated at night. Most people can sleep 6 to 8 hours without having to urinate.
Middle aged or older men may normally have to urinate once in the early morning hours.
With nocturia, it is common to awaken one or more times during the night to urinate.
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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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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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