Nocturia
Nocturia: Introduction
Nocturia: This is when there is excessive urination at night.
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Causes of Nocturia:
The following medical conditions are some of the possible
causes of Nocturia.
There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor
about your symptoms.
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Home Diagnostic Testing and Nocturia
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Causes of Types of Nocturia:
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Nocturia: Symptom Checker
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Nocturia Treatments
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Videos for Nocturia
Frequent urges to urinate can be the result of overactive bladder (OAB). This is called urinary urgency. People with OAB can also find they have more...
Drugs and lifestyle changes are both effective in treating overactive bladder (OAB). Studies show the standard class of OAB medication,...
Frequent and sudden urges to urinate may be more than a nuisance. They may be symptoms of a urinary condition. Listen to experts describe a condition...
Medicines can help people with overactive bladder. But so can a wide variety of lifestyle changes. Listen as experts describe everyday things you can...
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Medications or substances causing Nocturia:
The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible
causes of Nocturia as a symptom.
Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using,
including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.
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medications causing Nocturia
Nocturia: Comorbid Symptoms
Some of the comorbid or associated medical symptoms
for Nocturia may include these symptoms:
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Causes of General Symptom Types
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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Nocturia
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Misdiagnosis and Nocturia
Alzheimer's disease over-diagnosed: The well-known disease of Alzheimer's disease
is often over-diagnosed.
Patients tend to assume that any memory loss or forgetulness symptom might be...read more »
Dementia may be a drug interaction: A common scenario in aged care is for
a patient to show mental decline to dementia.
Whereas this can, of course, occur due to various medical conditions,
such as a stroke or Alzheimer's disease,
it can also occur from a...read more »
Tremor need not be Parkinson's disease: There is the tendency to believe that
any tremor symptom, or shakiness, means Parkinson's disease.
The reality is that there are...read more »
RLS sleep disorder causing night-time leg sensations often misdiagnosed: A common but relatively unknown
sleep-related disorder called Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS) is often misdiagnosed.
The typical symptoms are night-time tingling, crawling, or...read more »
Rare diseases misdiagnosed as Parkinson's disease: A rare genetic
disorder is often misdiagnosed as Parkinson's disease for men in their 50's.
The disease Fragile X disorder can show...read more »
Interstitial cystitis an under-diagnosed bladder condition: The medical
condition of interstitial cystitic is a bladder condition that can be
misdiagnosed as various conditions such as overactive bladder or other causes of pelvic pain.
This condition...read more »
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Diagnostic Guides for Nocturia
Medical Books Excerpts
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Medical Books Excerpts
- NOCTURIA
- "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs" (2003)
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- NOCTURIA
- "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
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- Oliguria
- "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
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- Nocturia
- "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
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- Oliguria
- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
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- Nocturia
- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
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- Nocturia
- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
- [ read ]
- Oliguria and Anuria
- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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- Oliguria
- "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
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- Nocturia
- "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
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- Oliguria
- "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
- [ read ]
- Nocturia
- "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
- [ read ]
- NOCTURIA
- "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
- [ read ]
Copyright notice for book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
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Nocturia: Undiagnosed Conditions
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Definitions of Nocturia:
Nocturia: Purposeful urination at night, after waking from sleep; typically caused by nocturnal urine volume in excess of bladder capacity or incomplete emptying of the bladder because of lower urinary tract obstruction or detrusor instability. SYN: nycturia. [noct- + G. ouron, urine]
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Excessive urination at night; especially common in older men
- (Source - WordNet 2.1)
Detailed list of causes of Nocturia
The list below shows some of the causes of Nocturia mentioned in various sources:
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causes of Nocturia
How Common are these Causes of Nocturia?
This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases,
not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Nocturia.
Of the 26
causes of Nocturia that
we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
- 2
causes are "very common" diseases
- 4
causes are "common" diseases
- 0
causes are "uncommon" diseases
- 0
causes are "rare" diseases
- 1
causes are "very rare" diseases
- 25
causes have no prevalence information.
See the analysis of the prevalence of 26
causes of Nocturia
Conditions listing symptoms: Nocturia:
The following list of conditions
have 'Nocturia' or similar
listed as a symptom in our database.
This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete.
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of any symptom.
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Causes of Nocturia Based on Risk Factors
This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Nocturia based
on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:
Diabetes - history of diabetes or family history of diabetes?
Classifications of Nocturia:
Medical Conditions associated with Nocturia:
Urinary symptoms (1126 causes), Sleep symptoms (1364 causes), Bladder symptoms (935 causes), Urinary problems (958 causes), Sleeping problems (776 causes), Sexual symptoms (1690 causes), Urinary system symptoms (1126 causes), Urination symptoms (1126 causes), Nocturnal symptoms (661 causes), Urinary difficulty (590 causes), Intercourse symptoms (227 causes), Lower abdominal symptoms (2879 causes)
Symptoms related to Nocturia:
Urinary dribbling (3 causes), Excessive urination (210 causes), Urine retention (191 causes), Diabetes mellitus (54 causes), Congestive heart failure (35 causes), Diuretic use, Cystitis, Obstructive sleep apnoea, Benign prostatic hyperplasia, Urinary incontinence (143 causes), Diabetes insipidus (18 causes), Hypercalcemic nephropathy, Prostatic cancer, Acute pyelonephritis
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