Symptom: Night urination

Night urination: Getting up at night to urinate
Introduction: Night urination is called nocturia. There are many possible causes, ranging from simple issues to severe medical disorders, so seek prompt professional medical advice. The reason for night urination needs to be determined, with some possibilities including excessive urination (need to urinate too much fluid), frequent urination (too many visits to the bathroom for various reasons), urinary urgency (need to urinate sometimes without much result), or reduced urine.

Detailed cause information for symptom: Night urination:

Possible causes of symptom: Night urination (16 conditions)

Medical conditions causing symptom: Night urination (9 conditions)

Disease information: see also Night urination condition information

Causes of Nocturia (10 conditions)

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Night urination type of: Urinary incontinence (35)
Symptoms: symptom center, symptom groups, symptom descriptions

Possible causes of symptom: Night urination: The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Night urination as a symptom. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

Possible urinary symptoms causing night urination (nocturia):
Drinking fluids at bedtime
Enlarged prostate
Benign prostate hypertrophy
Prostate cancer
Prostate disorders
Bladder disorder
Irritable bladder
Certain drugs
See also causes of urinary frequency, urinary urgency, urinary incontinence, or other urinary symptoms

Conditions listing symptoms: Night urination: The following list of conditions have 'Night urination' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.