How much do you know about frequent urination at night?

Introduction

How many times do you get up to urinate at night on average? A study in the United States found that among men aged 20-49, if they get up to go to the bathroom twice at night, their mortality rate in the future is 2 times that of the general population. If they urinate three times at night, the mortality rate is 2.5 times. Aging is a factor in nocturia. About 3% of people aged 3.3-60 have frequent nocturia. Frequent nocturia can also be a sign of disease, such as kidney failure, overactive bladder or prostate hypertrophy. Did you know?

Physiological problems

Getting up to urinate more than twice every night is really annoying because frequent urination at night interferes with your daily routine. However, frequent urination at night may be a sign of illness. Depending on the age group, frequent urination at night may be caused by the following reasons:

30-40 years old

Sleep apnea, irritability and insomnia

40-60 years old

Sleep apnea, insomnia, diabetes, kidney failure, prostate hypertrophy

60-70 years old

Apnea, insomnia, diabetes, kidney failure, enlarged prostate, dementia, heart failure, Parkinson's disease

There are so many possible reasons for nocturia. The older you get, the more problems you have. Among them, the kidneys, bladder, and prostate are also related to urology. Urinary tract inflammation is also a urinary-related factor for frequent urination. But most people will ask, why do we normally urinate less at night than during the day? That's because we sleep at night. If you have insomnia, the frequency of urination will not decrease.

When a person's brain relaxes during sleep, it will secrete antidiuretic hormone, which will also relax the bladder and reduce the urine output at night, so that the person can rest at ease and empty the bladder in the morning. Unless the brain is deprived of oxygen or does not convey the command to rest and relax, that is, it does not secrete antidiuretic hormone, then after excluding urinary and heart problems as the cause, it will be suspected to beApnea or slow brain developmentPeople with sleep apnea will have obvious snoring at night and often wake up suddenly. Because apnea causes oxygen deprivation in the brain, it will also lack the secretion of antidiuretic hormone.

will get heart diseasePeople with diabetes are unable to excrete water from their entire body, so it tends to accumulate in the lower body. Once the gravity changes while lying in bed at night, the water in the lower body may be discharged into the bladder.Varicose veins in the legsPeople who have urinary problems at night are also prone to frequent urination at night, so they should pay attention to lifting their legs more often and wear more compression stockings.

AndDiabetes mellitusPeople with diabetes will eat more, drink more, and urinate more, and high blood sugar may damage the detrusor muscle of the bladder. The nerve damage caused by blood sugar makes the bladder unable to control urine, and will urinate continuously, so diabetic patients will urinate more.

Other things to worry about with nocturiakidney failureA warning sign of kidney disease. Kidney disease usually has no obvious symptoms. Often when patients seek medical treatment, their condition is already serious. The most important early sign is nocturia. People with poor kidney function cannot concentrate urine. If the kidneys cannot concentrate urine at night, the urine will be clear like water, not yellow, and the amount of urine at night will not decrease.

About half of men over 50 will haveProstatic hyperplasiaThe prostate is located at the exit of the bladder and can secrete part of the semen. Prostate enlargement can cause the urine to not be discharged completely, so there is easily residual urine in the bladder, and you have to get up to go to the toilet in the middle of the night. Due to hormone stimulation, men will have the problem of prostate enlargement in the future, but the degree of enlargement is different. Prostate enlargement can slow down the urine speed, make urination difficult, and cause urine dripping after urination or frequent urination and nocturia. Another possible reason for nocturia isoveractive bladderThat is, the bladder is too sensitive. A normal person may need more than 400 ml of urine in the bladder before they feel the urge to urinate, but a person with a more sensitive bladder may feel the urge to urinate after only 200 ml, and the amount of urine each time is not much.

Prevention and Improvement

Frequent urination can sometimes be improved by training the pelvic floor muscles. The training method is similar to the contraction and relaxation exercise of holding urine. The muscle that holds urine is the pelvic floor muscle, also called Kegel muscle. Some people have weak pelvic floor muscles and may even leak urine, but after exercising, there is a 60% chance of improvement.

During deep sleep, the body has a mechanism to reduce urine production, so too much light sleep is also a cause of frequent urination.To increase deep sleepWe can reduce our daily salt intake. The more salt we take in, the easier it is for us to drink more water. In addition, we need to reduce our tea or coffee intake in the afternoon to avoid caffeine that makes it difficult for us to fall asleep. We should also avoid late-night snacks that cause indigestion and poor sleep. We should also avoid using blue light mobile phones before going to bed, as light stimulation reduces melatonin and makes it difficult to fall asleep.

Studies have found that people with prostate problems generally have insufficient zinc in their bodies, so they can supplement zinc. Other studies have shown that absorbing 30 mg of lycopene every day can improve prostate problems. In addition, people with prostate hypertrophy can avoid eating high-fat foods, because the heavier the weight, the more serious the prostate hyperplasia problem may be. Spicy foods such as mustard, peppers, and caffeinated coffee and tea should also be avoided.

Nutrition	Zinc,Lycopene, unsaturated fatty acids, vitamin D, vitamin E
health goals	Urinary tract health
Food	White pepper, pumpkin seeds, chives, ginkgo