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What Causes Frequent Urination During The Night?
Question: yes for sometime now I have had a serious problem with urinating at night.... not so much during the day but many times after I go to bed I have the need to get up and urinate... sometimes its normal but alot of times it will go from a stream to dribbling... I also have a leakage problem at various times where I need to get to a toilet.... I drink alot of fluids (no alcohol) so I dont get a dry feeling in my throat due to a heart problem in 2005..... can you help
Brief Answer:
likely related to the prostate, most common cause
Detailed Answer:
HI, thanks for using healthcare magic
It may be related to the prostate.
Prostatic enlargement may cause changes in the urine stream. It can cause all or some of the following: hesitancy (problems starting up urine flow), dribbling, urgency to urinate, frequency, incontinence
The enlargement may be benign (non cancerous) or cancerous. Benign is more common.
This can be checked by a blood tests and also examination of the prostate by a doctor.
Treatment of benign prostate hypertrophy (enlargement) can involve medications such as flomax, avodart or propecia.
If it is not benign then additional investigations and treatment would be needed.
I hope this helps,feel free to ask any other questions
likely related to the prostate, most common cause
Detailed Answer:
HI, thanks for using healthcare magic
It may be related to the prostate.
Prostatic enlargement may cause changes in the urine stream. It can cause all or some of the following: hesitancy (problems starting up urine flow), dribbling, urgency to urinate, frequency, incontinence
The enlargement may be benign (non cancerous) or cancerous. Benign is more common.
This can be checked by a blood tests and also examination of the prostate by a doctor.
Treatment of benign prostate hypertrophy (enlargement) can involve medications such as flomax, avodart or propecia.
If it is not benign then additional investigations and treatment would be needed.
I hope this helps,feel free to ask any other questions
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