A Simple Guide To Nocturia, (Excessive Night Urination) Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions
By Kenneth Kee
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This book describes Nocturia (Excessive Night Urination), Diagnosis and Treatment and Related Diseases
Nocturia or nocturnal polyuria is the medical term for the symptom of excessive urination at night.
During sleep time, the body produces less urine that is more concentrated.
This indicates that most people do not need to wake up during the night to urinate and can sleep uninterrupted for 6 to 8 hours.
If the patient needs to wake up 2 times or more per night to urinate, the patient may have nocturia.
A period of sleep must happen before and follow the urinary event to count as a nocturia episode.
This indicates the first-morning void is not regarded as a nocturia episode.
Nocturnal frequency is the same as nocturia except that in nocturia the voiding episodes each occurred and followed by sleep periods.
Besides being disruptive to the sleep, nocturia can also be a sign of an underlying medical disorder.
Nocturia is the passage of greater urine output during the night, waking the patient up from sleep.
The urine output equals more than 20% of the daily total in younger persons and more than 33% in elderly persons.
It is important to keep in mind that persons with nocturnal polyuria syndrome have normal 24 hour urinary output not exceeding 40 ml/kg body weight.
A measurement devised to standardize the medical diagnosis of nocturnal polyuria syndrome is the
nocturnal polyuria index (NPi) i.e. the nocturnal urine amount produced as a percentage of the 24-hour urine output.
Persons with NPi higher than 35 percent are said to have nocturnal polyuria.
It is one of the underlying causes of nocturia, which is defined as the greater passage of urine during night, waking the patient up from sleep.
Nocturia is a disorder that causes the patient to wake up during the night to urinate.
This can be thought of as nocturnal urinary frequency having to urinate more often at night.
This disorder becomes more frequent as people age and happens in both men and women, occasionally for different reasons.
It can be frequent for most people to wake up once during the night to urinate, but urinating more often may be a sign of something else going on.
Nocturia can be linked with daytime urinary frequency or happen by itself.
It is important to differentiate nocturia (urinating too frequently) from polyuria (urinating too much volume).
Nocturia has a total of 4 major underlying causes -
1. Global polyuria
Urine output rises throughout the day, and the total 24 hour urine output surpasses 40 ml/kg body weight.
2. Nocturnal polyuria
Urine output rises at night with proportional reduction in daytime urine output.
The total 24 hour urine output hence stays normal.
3. Bladder storage disorders that decrease the bladder capacity
a.enlarged prostate
b. Neurogenic bladder
c. Drugs,
d. Anxiety, stress, restlessness
4. Mixed causes-hormonal and bladder disorders
The first two disorders are linked with abnormal levels of arginine vasopressin (AVP) or atrial natriuretic hormone (ANH).
The third disorder is a bladder disorder.
Symptoms of nocturia can be:
1. Getting up more than once a night to urinate.
2. Urinating more volume (if polyuria is present).
3. Fatigue, sleepiness even after waking up.
The main diagnostic tool for nocturia is the voiding bladder diary.
Timing of voids, number of voidings, and volume of urine voided at day and night should be recorded in the diary.
Based on information recorded in the diary, a doctor can identify whether the patient is having polyuria, nocturnal polyuria, or bladder storage problems.
Treatment normally is directed toward the underlying cause.
TABLE OF CONTENT
Introduction
Chapter 1 Nocturia (Excessive Night Urination)
Chapter 2 Causes
Chapter 3 Symptoms
Chapter 4
Kenneth Kee
Medical doctor since 1972.Started Kee Clinic in 1974 at 15 Holland Dr #03-102, relocated to 36 Holland Dr #01-10 in 2009.Did my M.Sc (Health Management ) in 1991 and Ph.D (Healthcare Administration) in 1993.Dr Kenneth Kee is still working as a family doctor at the age of 74However he has reduced his consultation hours to 3 hours in the morning and 2 hours inthe afternoon.He first started writing free blogs on medical disorders seen in the clinic in 2007 on http://kennethkee.blogspot.com.His purpose in writing these simple guides was for the health education of his patients which is also his dissertation for his Ph.D (Healthcare Administration). He then wrote an autobiography account of his journey as a medical student to family doctor on his other blog http://afamilydoctorstale.blogspot.comThis autobiography account “A Family Doctor’s Tale” was combined with his early “A Simple Guide to Medical Disorders” into a new Wordpress Blog “A Family Doctor’s Tale” on http://ken-med.com.From which many free articles from the blog was taken and put together into 1000 eBooks.He apologized for typos and spelling mistakes in his earlier books.He will endeavor to improve the writing in futures.Some people have complained that the simple guides are too simple.For their information they are made simple in order to educate the patients.The later books go into more details of medical disorders.He has published 1000 eBooks on various subjects on health, 1 autobiography of his medical journey, another on the autobiography of a Cancer survivor, 2 children stories and one how to study for his nephew and grand-daughter.The purpose of these simple guides is to educate patient on health disorders and not meant as textbooks.He does not do any night duty since 2000 ever since Dr Tan had his second stroke.His clinic is now relocated to the Buona Vista Community Centre.The 2 units of his original clinic are being demolished to make way for a new Shopping Mall.He is now doing some blogging and internet surfing (bulletin boards since the 1980's) startingwith the Apple computer and going to PC.The entire PC is upgraded by himself from XT to the present Pentium duo core.The present Intel i7 CPU is out of reach at the moment because the CPU is still expensive.He is also into DIY changing his own toilet cistern and other electric appliance.His hunger for knowledge has not abated and he is a lifelong learner.The children have all grown up and there are 2 grandchildren who are even more technically advanced than the grandfather where mobile phones are concerned.This book is taken from some of the many articles in his blog (now with 740 posts) A Family Doctor’s Tale.Dr Kee is the author of:"A Family Doctor's Tale""Life Lessons Learned From The Study And Practice Of Medicine""Case Notes From A Family Doctor"
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A Simple Guide To Nocturia, (Excessive Night Urination) Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions - Kenneth Kee
A
Simple
Guide
To
Nocturia,
(Excessive Night Urination)
Diagnosis,
Treatment
And
Related Conditions
By
Dr Kenneth Kee
M.B.,B.S. (Singapore)
Ph.D (Healthcare Administration)
Copyright Kenneth Kee 2021 Smashwords Edition
Published by Kenneth Kee at Smashwords.com
Dedication
This book is dedicated
To my wife Dorothy
And my children
Carolyn, Grace
And Kelvin
This book describes Nocturia (Excessive Night Urination), Diagnosis and Treatment and Related Diseases which is seen in some of my patients in my Family Clinic.
(What You Need to Treat Nocturia)
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Introduction
I have been writing medical articles for my blog: http://kennethkee.blogspot.com (A Simple Guide to Medical Disorder) for the benefit of my patients since 2007.
My purpose in writing these simple guides was for the health education of my patients.
Health Education was also my dissertation for my Ph.D (Healthcare Administration).
I then wrote an autobiography account of my journey as a medical student to family doctor on my other blog: http://afamilydoctorstale.blogspot.com.
This autobiography account A Family Doctor’s Tale
was combined with my early A Simple Guide to Medical Disorders
into a new Wordpress Blog A Family Doctor’s Tale
on http://kenkee481.wordpress.com.
From which many free articles from the blog was taken and put together into 800 eBooks.
Some people have complained that the simple guides are too simple.
For their information they are made simple in order to educate the patients.
The later books go into more details of medical disorders.
The first chapter is always from my earlier blogs which unfortunately tends to have typos and spelling mistakes.
Since 2013, I have tried to improve my spelling and writing.
As I tried to bring the patient the latest information about a disorder or illness by reading the latest journals both online and offline, I find that I am learning more and improving on my own medical knowledge in diagnosis and treatment for my patients.
My diagnosis and treatment capability has improved tremendously from my continued education.
Just by writing all these simple guides I find that I have learned a lot from your reviews (good or bad), criticism and advice.
I am sorry for the repetitions in these simple guides as the second chapters onwards have new information as compared to my first chapter taken from my blog.
I also find repetition definitely help me and maybe some readers to remember the facts in the books more easily.
I apologize if these repetitions are irritating to some readers.
Chapter 1
Nocturia
What is Nocturia?
Nocturia or nocturnal polyuria is the medical term for the symptom of excessive urination at night.
During sleep time, the body produces less urine that is more concentrated.
This indicates that most people do not need to wake up during the night to urinate and can sleep uninterrupted for 6 to 8 hours.
If the patient needs to wake up 2 times or more per night to urinate, the patient may have nocturia.
A period of sleep must happen before and follow the urinary event to count as a nocturia episode.
This indicates the first-morning void is not regarded as a nocturia episode.
Nocturnal frequency is the same as nocturia except that in nocturia the voiding episodes each occurred and followed by sleep periods.
Besides being disruptive to the sleep, nocturia can also be a sign of an underlying medical disorder.
Nocturia is the passage of greater urine output during the night, waking the patient up from sleep.
The urine output equals more than 20% of the daily total in younger persons and more than 33% in elderly persons.
It is important to keep in mind that persons with nocturnal polyuria syndrome have normal 24 hour urinary output not exceeding 40 ml/kg body weight.
A measurement devised to standardize the medical diagnosis of nocturnal polyuria syndrome is the
nocturnal polyuria index (NPi) i.e. the nocturnal urine amount produced as a percentage of the 24-hour urine output.
Persons with NPi higher than 35 percent are said to have nocturnal polyuria.
It is one of the underlying causes of nocturia, which is defined as the greater passage of urine during night, waking the patient up from sleep.
Nocturia is a disorder that causes the patient to wake up during the night to urinate.
This can be thought of as nocturnal urinary frequency having to urinate more often at night.
This disorder becomes more frequent as people age and happens in both men and women, occasionally for different reasons.
It can be frequent for most people to wake up once during the night to urinate, but urinating more often may be a sign of something else going on.
Nocturia can be linked with daytime urinary frequency or happen by itself.
It is important to differentiate nocturia (urinating too frequently) from polyuria (urinating too much volume).
Nocturia has a total of 4 major underlying causes -
1. Global polyuria
Urine output rises throughout the day, and the total 24 hour urine output surpasses 40 ml/kg body weight.
2. Nocturnal polyuria
Urine output rises at night with proportional reduction in daytime urine output.
The total 24 hour urine output hence stays normal.
3. Bladder storage disorders that decrease the bladder capacity enlarged prostate
a. Neurogenic bladder
b. Drugs,
c. Anxiety, stress, restlessness
4. Mixed causes-hormonal and bladder disorders
The first two disorders are linked with abnormal levels of arginine vasopressin (AVP) or atrial natriuretic hormone (ANH).
The third disorder is a bladder disorder.
Incidence of Nocturia
Statistics show that 5-15% of people between 20-50 years, 20-30% of people between 50–70 years, and 10-50% of people older than 70 years old urinate at least twice a night.
Nocturia increases with age.
The incidence increases in people above the age of 80 years.
More than 50 % of men and women over the age of 60 years have been diagnosed to have nocturia in many populations.
Nocturia happens equally among both sexes, but the incidence is higher in younger women compared to younger men and in older