Why do men urinate frequently at night?

There are many manifestations of frequent urination. One is that you urinate a lot during the day, but the actual amount of urine each time is very small; another is that you urinate a lot at night and have to get up frequently to urinate. These two symptoms can exist at the same time, which brings a lot of trouble to patients and makes life very inconvenient. So do you know why men urinate frequently at night?

Why do men urinate frequently at night?

What causes frequent urination at night? What causes frequent urination at night in men? There are physiological reasons for frequent urination at night in men, such as the habit of drinking a lot of water before going to bed, drinking strong tea, coffee or taking certain medicines.

1. Physiological reasons for men's frequent nocturia:

For example, if you have the habit of drinking a lot of water, strong tea or coffee, or taking certain medicines before going to bed;

2. Mental reasons for frequent urination at night:

Highly nervous or neurotic patients have poor sleep and feel the urge to urinate when their bladder is slightly full (less than 300 ml), which increases the frequency of urination at night and even causes habitual nocturia;

3. Heart failure or certain endocrine diseases:

Chronic adrenal insufficiency may cause nocturia;

4. Kidney diseases: such as glomerular diseases:

Chronic tubulointerstitial diseases and decreased renal concentrating function often first cause increased nocturia, which then develops into renal polyuria or even renal diabetes insipidus. Elderly people, especially those with hypertension and diabetes, are most likely to experience frequent nocturia due to sclerosis of renal arteries and decreased renal concentrating function.

5. In addition to the above reasons for men's frequent urination at night, it may also be caused by urinary tract infection. Generally speaking, urinary tract infection is likely to be accompanied by complications such as urgency and pain when urinating, which seriously endangers health. Therefore, timely treatment is the most important.

The above mentioned many reasons that cause men to urinate frequently at night, and also suggested that many aspects and systemic reasons can cause frequent urination. So when men have frequent urination, especially frequent urination at night, they need to see a doctor and get checked in time. Prostate is also one of the common causes of frequent urination.