Article: Don't let nocturia keep you up at night: if your sleep is frequently interrupted by the urgent need to urinate, medication and behavioral changes may help.(URINARY HEALTH)

As men and women grow older, they are at increased risk for nocturia, a condition marked by frequent nighttime urination. If your sleep is routinely interrupted two, three or more times each night by hurried trips to the bathroom, you should consult a physician without delay, advises Christopher Saigal, MD, a urologist at UCLA Medical Center. Often, he points out, this frustrating, sleep-depriving disorder may be eased, to an extent, through simple behavioral changes--avoiding the consumption of liquids before bedtime, for example. In other cases, however, nocturia may signal the presence of a serious systemic disorder requiring prompt medical attention.

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