Women often get up at night to urinate

I believe many people have experienced waking up at night, which is a normal physiological phenomenon. However, there are times when you need to get up at night. Getting up frequently is definitely abnormal. In addition to having a great impact on normal sleep, it may also be caused by illness. Women who often get up at night to urinate should pay attention to finding out the cause as soon as possible and receive symptomatic treatment. Let’s take a closer look at the reasons.

Nocturnal urination more than 3 times per night is abnormal

Since women are born with shorter urethras than men, they are also very likely to be troubled by the problem of frequent nocturia. After excluding physiological and psychological factors, women with frequent nocturia need to be alert to the following four diseases:

Inflammatory stimulation

Due to the physiological characteristics of women, the total length of the urethra is much shorter than that of men, which creates opportunities for ascending infections such as bacteria, viruses, and pathogens. Once pathogenic microorganisms infect, they will cause inflammation. The stimulation of inflammation often causes the urge to urinate even when the urination is very small. Frequent urination caused by inflammation is accompanied by a special feeling of urgency and pain when urinating.

Stones or tumors

If there are tumors, stones, foreign objects, ectopic endometrium occupying the bladder, or if there are enlarged organs near the bladder, such as ovarian tumors or cysts, pregnancy or uterine fibroids, excessive obesity, etc., the bladder will be subjected to external pressure, which will affect the effective volume of the bladder and may cause frequent urination. Even a small amount of urine will produce a strong urge to urinate.

diabetes

When blood sugar is too high, a large amount of sugar is excreted in the urine. This urine sugar has a certain "diuretic" effect; plus, drinking more water can also cause polyuria in diabetics. In addition, frequent urination at night in diabetic patients may be caused by the impact of diabetes on kidney function. Therefore, diabetics who experience frequent urination at night should be alert to whether there are complications in the kidneys.

Hypercalcemia

People with hyperparathyroidism or multiple myeloma have elevated blood calcium levels that damage the renal tubules, causing a decrease in their reabsorption function and resulting in polyuria. They are also prone to the formation of urinary stones, which further damage renal tubular function and worsen the condition.