MICROANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -What is nocturia? Nocturia is a condition that causes you 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 condition becomes more common as people age and occurs in both men and women, sometimes for different reasons.

Detailed explanation-2: -Excessive Urination at Night (Nocturia) Nocturia, or nocturnal polyuria, is the medical term for excessive urination at night. Nighttime urination is likely excessive if you get up to use the bathroom twice a night or more. During sleep time, your body produces less urine that is more concentrated.

Detailed explanation-3: -The typical functional bladder capacity is approximately 350 to 400 mL. Urine production at night is usually less than one-third of the total daily urine output. If the nocturnal urine volume exceeds this amount, the patient is deemed to have nocturnal polyuria.

Detailed explanation-4: -Nocturia is defined as the need for patients to get up at night on a regular basis to urinate. A period of sleep must precede and follow the urinary episode for it to count as a nocturnal void. Nocturia is often described as the most bothersome of all urinary symptoms and is also one of the most common.