You're snoozing away peacefully when you suddenly awaken-- with the desire that you need to pee right now.
So you shuffle off to the restroom to do your business before climbing back into bed. If you're lucky, you'll fall right back asleep, and stay in dreamland up until your alarm rings. However if you're not, you'll either end up tossing or turning-- or falling back asleep, just to waken with the must-pee-now desire a couple hours later (Here are the 7 worst things you do when you can't sleep).
"It's annoying getting up during the night to urinate," says Daniel Shoskes M.D., urologist at the Cleveland Center. Not just does it directly damage your sleep, however it can be indicating something more severe, too.
The medical term for extreme urination in the evening is nocturia. It's usually specified as the constant requirement to wake up to pee when or more each night.
There are two basic reasons that you awaken in the evening to pee: The first is that you're making too much urine. If that holds true, you'll normally urinate a total each time you go, says Dr. Shoskes. This can be due to consuming too much fluids, drug negative effects, and even from major conditions like cardiac arrest, kidney injury, or liver failure.
The second for getting up to pee is that your bladder simply believes you need to go, even if it's not full. In this case, you 'd be peeing a lower volume. This can be due to things annoying your bladder, like swelling from an infection or an enlarged prostate, he says.
Only your medical professional can understand for sure what's triggering your nocturia, so if you're bothered by your nighttime routine, make an appointment to have him or her check things out. But here are some things you can attempt to stop waking up so much to pee.
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