“Our study indicates that if you need to urinate in the night – called nocturia – you may have elevated blood pressure and/or excess fluid in your body,” said study author Dr Satoshi Konno, of the Division of Hypertension, Tohoku Rosai Hospital, Sendai, Japan.
A new study conducted in Japan found that the need to urinate in the night, called nocturia, may be linked to hypertension and high salt intake.
Drinking too much fluid during the evening can cause you to urinate more often during the night. Caffeine and alcohol after dinner can also lead to this problem. Other common causes of urination at night include: Infection of the bladder or urinary tract.
If you need to get up to urinate more than one time during the night, you may have an overactive bladder at night. This condition is called nocturia, and it's not the same as overactive bladder (OAB).
People without nocturia can usually make it through a full night—six to eight hours of sleep—without having to use the bathroom. If you have to get up once during the night to urinate, you're likely still in the normal range. More than once can indicate a problem that will leave you feeling tired.
Blood tests are often done to check levels of potassium, sodium, creatinine, blood glucose, and total cholesterol and triglycerides, among others. A urine test (urinalysis). A urine sample can contain markers that could point to medical conditions that cause high blood pressure.
The kidney is a filter. It filters blood to remove excess fluid and eliminate waste products. When the blood pressure is low, there is less blood flowing through the filters and hence less urine formation that results from those individual filters.
Something as simple as keeping yourself hydrated by drinking six to eight glasses of water every day improves blood pressure. Water makes up 73% of the human heart,¹ so no other liquid is better at controlling blood pressure.
The microscope may reveal the presence of blood cells, cells from the kidney itself, or urine crystals that can be indicators of either kidney disease or damage to the kidney as a result of high blood pressure.
If you wake up often at night to pee, you might wonder if something's wrong. Most adults don't need to go to the bathroom more than once during 6-8 hours in bed. If you do, doctors call it nocturia. It might signal a problem like diabetes.
Make an appointment with your doctor if you're urinating more frequently than usual and if: There's no apparent cause, such as drinking more total fluids, alcohol or caffeine. The problem disrupts your sleep or everyday activities. You have other urinary problems or worrisome symptoms.
The drug desmopressin (DDAVP) reduces urine production at night.
Kegel Exercises
Kegel exercises help in strengthening the muscles of the pelvic region. They are also helpful in strengthening the urinary bladder. Therefore, they can be beneficial for frequent urination, which might occur due to weakened muscles of the urinary system.
In some cases, people with high blood pressure may have a pounding feeling in their head or chest, a feeling of lightheadedness or dizziness, or other signs. Without symptoms, people with high blood pressure may go years without knowing they have the condition.
140/90 or higher (stage 2 hypertension): You probably need medication. At this level, your doctor is likely to prescribe medicine now to get your blood pressure under control. At the same time, you'll also need to make lifestyle changes. If you ever have blood pressure that's 180/120 or above, it's an emergency.
Choice of initial therapy in most patients — The three primary options for antihypertensive drug therapy in most patients include an ACE inhibitor (or ARB), a calcium channel blocker, or a thiazide diuretic (preferably a thiazide-like diuretic) [3].
Your blood pressure is considered high (stage 1) if it reads 130/80. Stage 2 high blood pressure is 140/90 or higher. If you get a blood pressure reading of 180/110 or higher more than once, seek medical treatment right away. A reading this high is considered “hypertensive crisis.”
While high blood pressure isn't directly related to gender, throughout a woman's life, health issues like pregnancy, pregnancy prevention (birth control) and menopause can increase the risk of developing high blood pressure. Women represent almost 52% of deaths from high blood pressure.
Arteries get stiffer, causing blood pressure to go up. This can be true even for people who have heart-healthy habits and feel just fine. High blood pressure, sometimes called "the silent killer," often doesn't cause signs of illness that you can see or feel.