Nocturia Health Feed

Dear , as you are 70 years old first thing that comes to mind is enlarged prostate. Do you have get up to pass urine during night? if. Secondly, as summer has set in do you drink enough water? if urine output drops in summer you might have to strain a bit to pass urine. Next point is: are you constipated? is your stool hard? so increase your fluid intake, if you are passing hard stools then avoid constipation. If you have nocturia then consider prostate problem and urine examination. If it shows...more

HELLO,
Nocturia is defined as nocturnal urination. This means the need to get up in the night to go to the toilet.
Needing to go to the toilet up to once during the night is considered to be normal. Needing to urinate more than once during the night could indicate a temporary or longer term problem may be present.
Mainly Causes
Diabetes insipidus
High blood glucose levels
Autonomic neuropathy
Urinary tract infections
Cystitis
Prostate diseases
Pregna...more

Hi, your problem of frequent urination at may be due your history of prostate surgery. Homoeopathy has good treatment for your problem and without side effects or addiction. Please take homoeopathic medicine ferrum picricum 200 daily in the morning (5 to 6 pills each time) for 7 days. However, your condition needs comprehensive treatment for a long term solution. If you wish, you may opt for private consultation through Lybrate.

A frequent need to get up and go to the bathroom to urinate at night is called nocturia
keep a voiding diary
limit your intake of fluids two hours before bedtime..

It can be because of uti. Do the following--
1. You maintain high grade of personal hygiene. 2. Do change your undergarments at least 2 times a day
3. Wear cotton underclothes. 4. Stay hydrated. Drink plenty of fluids. 5. Keep the area dry.
For more details you can consult me.

Thank you for connecting with me. Prostatitis signs and symptoms depend on the cause. Before suggesting you I would like to know if you are facing any symptoms like: pain or burning sensation when urinating (dysuria), difficulty urinating, such as dribbling or hesitant urination, frequent urination, articularly at night (nocturia), urgent need to urinate, cloudy urine, blood in the urine, pain in the abdomen, groin or lower back, pain in the area between the scrotum and rectum (perineum), pain o...more

Nocturnal frequency could be due to cardiac condition and pedal edema, that leads to nocturnal polyuria, a condition wherein the night time urine production is more than daytime. You can ask your cardiologist to prescribe you a diuretic agent to flush that extra fluid out during daytime, so that your night time urine volume reduces. This will improve your nocturnal urine frequency (nocturia. Also continue your prostatic medications or consider for surgical alternative as a one time definitive an...more

I am sorry to hear about your concern but will be happy to assist you.
Nocturia, or nocturnal polyuria, is the medical term for excessive urination at night. During sleep time, your body produces less urine that is more concentrated. This means that most people don't need to wake up during the night to urinate and can sleep uninterrupted for 6 to 8 hours.
Let's connect over a call so that we can discuss your concern in details and make a suitable treatment plan for you.

Ultrasound is an observer dependent study. Although it gives an approximate estimation of prostate size, merely the size of the prostate doesn`t determine management. As long as you do not have any symptoms related to prostate like increased frequency of urination, urgency,nocturia, hesitancy,intermittent stream of urine, straining at urination, nothing needs to be worried about. Anyways you are only 28 years old, and the symptoms of prostate enlargement usually start appearing from the age of e...more

For checking prostate functioning- PSA (prostate specific antigen) level, Urine analysis, Prostatic massage fluid examination, Urodynamic testing, cystoscopy, ultrasound and biopsy are done.

Symptoms of prostate problem are :-
1. Urinary retention?the inability to empty the bladder completely
2. Urinary frequency?urination eight or more times a day
3. Urinary urgency?the inability to delay urination
4. Urinary incontinence?the accidental loss of urine
5. N...more