Waking up at night refers to the act of waking up to go to the toilet to urinate after falling asleep at night.
For healthy people, the number of waking up at night no more than 1~2 times, however, there are many men who wake up a lot every night, even strong>More than 3~5 times.
Because urine is produced by kidneys, when this behavior occurs, many people think that male kidneys are not good. Is this true?
Is it because of poor kidneys that men frequently wake up at night?
It can be said with certainty that if male kidney function has problems, it will indeed lead to the phenomenon of more nights.
After blood flows through the kidneys, it will be filtered by glomeruli, and some components such as glucose in the blood will be regenerated by renal tubules. Absorb.
While other uric acid, urea, inorganic salts and moisture form urine, which is stored in the bladder, After a certain amount is stored, it will be excreted through the urethra.
If kidney function is reduced, such as with some glomerulopathy Or in chronic tubulointerstitial disease, the function of concentrated urine is reduced, resulting in a large amount of The loss of water will cause people to form the phenomenon of nocturia.
Because of the large amount of activity during the day, the demand for water is more, so there is no serious increase in urination.
After entering the night, the human body is in a quiet state, and the demand for water will decrease at this time, resulting in frequent urination at night.
However, it is worth noting that there are many reasons for men to frequently suffer from it. In addition to poor kidneys, some factors can also lead to this phenomenon.
What are the reasons for getting up more at night?
I. Physiological reasons
In daily life, many people especially like to drink water when they have dinner at night, or even eat Drinking tea, coffee, or other beverages occurs after dinner and before bed.
Many people also like to eat some water-rich fruits, such as watermelon and Sydney, when they have dinner.
Then the water entering the body will increase a lot, and the water will be metabolized into a large amount of urine in the human body, so that people will continue to urinate at night when they sleep.
Second, drug factors
especially For some middle-aged and elderly men, it is easy to develop hypertension, and after suffering from high blood pressure, lifelong antihypertensive drugs are required for treatment.
There are many types of antihypertensive drugs, but some are diuretics, which then work quick urination to lower the blood pressure through urination blood pressure.
If men take these antihypertensive drugs before going to bed, it can lead to frequent waking up while men are sleeping.
In addition, there are some traditional Chinese medicines that also have diuretic and moisturizing properties, such as Poria, Bamboo Leaf, Mutong, Qiancao, Plantain and so on. Taking these drugs can cause increased nocturia.
Third, prostatitis
many Older men suffer from prostatitis. Once suffering from this disease, due to inflammatory stimulation, patients will experience some abnormal urination phenomena, such as painful urination, frequent urination and urgency , and burning sensation in the urethra.
Also, the patient will urinate more each night and experience perineum, lower abdomen, and thigh pain.
IV. Inflammation of bladder and urethra
In patients with cystitis and urethritis and other inflammatory conditions, the bladder and urethra will also appear edema due to inflammatory stimulation, which will stimulate the patient to increase urination.
Especially at night, The human body needs less water, so there will be more urine output at night.
All in all , if the male kidney is not good, there will indeed be an increase in the number of nights, and will also be accompanied by a series of uncomfortable symptoms such as fatigue, decreased appetite, and body edema. In addition, the above four Factors can also cause men to have too many nights.
So when this happens in men, except for physiological factors, be sure to go to a regular hospital quickly, and according to the reasons and related factors Corresponding treatment can improve these uncomfortable symptoms to the greatest extent, and also have a greater protection for health.