Posted on 01/15/2020 8:39:02 PM PST by ConservativeMind
Men who are physically active are at lower risk of nocturia (waking up at night to urinate), according to a study led by a Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine researcher.
Nocturia is the most common and bothersome lower urinary tract symptom in men. It can be due to an enlarged prostate known as benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) -- as the prostate enlarges, it can squeeze down on the urethra. Other causes include overproduction of urine, low bladder capacity and sleep disturbances. Nocturia increases with age, and is estimated to occur in more than 50 percent of men 45 and older.
Wolin and colleagues analyzed data from a large, ongoing clinical trial called the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial (PLCO).
Wolin's analysis included 28,404 men in the PLCO trial who had BPH outcomes before enrolling in the study (prevalent group) and 4,710 men who had newly developed BPH (incident group).
Among men in the incident group, those who were physically active one or more hours per week were 13 percent less likely to report nocturia and 34 percent less likely to report severe nocturia then men who reported no physical activity. (Nocturia was defined as waking two or more times during the night to urinate; severe nocturia was defined as waking three or more times to urinate.)
"Combined with other management strategies, physical activity may provide a strategy for the management of BPH-related outcomes, particularly nocturia," Wolin and colleagues wrote.
There are several possible mechanisms by which physical activity can protect against nocturia, including reducing body size, improving sleep, decreasing sympathetic nervous system activity and lowering levels of systemic inflammation.
(Excerpt) Read more at sciencedaily.com ...
So, you seem to have a deep interest in this subject. What is your final conclusion based on your research (besides the above)?
Of course, healthy people are more likely to exercise.
Thanks for posting this.
The last time I did any meaningful exercise or saw a veggie go in my mouth was 25 years ago and I have never once been awoken to go to the bathroom.
I got lucky and maybe my luck will run out and it’s time to change,
I exercise a lot, run about 1200 miles a year and have a prostate the size of Jupiter.
Just make sure the doctor doing the exam doesn’t have both hands on your shoulders.
I am fine since taking 50 - 60 mg of beta sitosterol coupled with one Solaray Nettle Root extract a day. I also take 1 - 2 ng of melatonin and use an eye mask, and occasionally, ear plugs when things are noisy outside. This has kept previously annoying twice a night trips away for four years. I realize this is a stop gap, minimal approach, though.
The prostate continues to grow because we have a higher number of pro-growth progenitor cells than we ever had as teens. I posted this yesterday in a prostate cancer thread.
There is not much to help an enlarged prostate. Saw palmetto and finasteride are not considered true successes, with saw palmetto now particularly out of favor.
We need to reduce our weight, exercise more, reduce our inflammation sources (food and supplements can help) and consider a few of the things I’ve posted. Sadly, we will have to wait for a real fix by utilizing options that let us live better with the problem still “there.” Ckilner posted in a thread tonight several options that are minimally invasive, for instance.
I like the concept of the PEMF approach, but I do not have such a pad to trial it and provide a review.
At this time, bad cases will need to seriously consider an approach that radiates “something” to the prostate gland to knock out a chunk of the inflammation-causing cells. That could be radio, heat, radiation, EMF, or possibly light (activating a substance through the skin). These don’t address the root cause, though.
Hopefully therapies will be found that will provide a long term, issue-free existence.
Just turned 70, NEVER had to get up to pee in the middle of the night in my life.
Here is a tip.... go, just before you go to bed.
Oh, and I HATE to exercise! I NEVER do it on purpose.
If surgery is considered there is a less radical kind. https://www.urolift.com/what-is-urolift
“...consider an approach that radiates “something.”
Thank you for your clear analysis and suggestions. Everyone has health issues that deserve full attention and tons of research. Thankfully, nutrition and exercise together can cure most diseases. Genes can be altered and optimal health is a real goal.
You are a very fortunate man.
I am curious. Do you suffer from male pattern baldness? There’s a reason I am asking.
Really..not once? Even on beer runs in college? S/
Always best to wake up before urinating.
I saw a urologist’s video and he said the urolift is good for about 3 years. Painful urination for a week after the procedure.
The fact that the medical establishment came up with the term “ nocturia” to express the concept of getting up at night to urinate, instead of just saying “getting up at night to urinate” speaks volumes as to the immense level of bullish*t prevalent in modern medicine.
If I want to read old science articles from 2010-14, I can read them there. This just seems like spamming to me. This is a political website, not a healthcare website.
You’re right - I’d hate to fall off the balcony.
I suppose you equally excoriate the Religion threads that keep getting posted, right? Those aren’t “politics.”
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