There are many different reasons to run to the toilet at night - from diabetes and prostate adenoma before pregnancy and strong coffee.
A healthy person can once at night go to the toilet on small need. Twice or more already considered the problem. This affects about two-thirds of people over 55 years.
Simple ways to deal with the night running around the toilet
Drink less fluid before bedtime. Behind 24 hours nothing at all do not drink. Before that you need to limit caffeinated drinks and alcohol because they have a diuretic effect.
Start keeping a diary. It notes that drank and ate, when it was and then when we went to the toilet. This is important, because some products are high in sodium retain liquid and some fruit drinks or have a diuretic effect.
If you have to take diuretics in the second half of the day, it is better to do it for 6 hours before bedtime. Be sure to discuss this with your doctor. The fact that the diuretic action have not only popular diuretic, but also a bunch of other drugs.
Take a nap after lunch. This is in order to rest a little and remove excess liquid. When the night's sleep is interrupted by trips to the toilet, it is impossible to sleep, and then leans afternoon drowsiness. If you take a nap after lunch, it is possible to slightly offset the lack of sleep. In addition, at this time the kidneys can work quietly and to bring some of the excess liquid.
In the afternoon helpful soak for about an hour, with his feet. This is an interesting feature. Not until all comes at once. The fact is that many people by the end of the day on their feet appear edema. Sometimes it is not noticeable. Then people go to bed, and the water from the swelling begins to slowly flow into the blood. Our body reacts immediately to excess water in the blood and expels it through the kidneys. So at night to get up to the toilet. If the second half of the day to lie with her legs battened up and swelling noticeably reduced. Water Filter with the prior night's sleep.
You can also try compression stockings. It operates much the same way as a stay in the prone position with legs battened.
Try to exercise for ukrepelniya pelvic floor muscles. Below there is a link to my article about overactive bladder. These exercises help to better tolerate the filling of the bladder. The more people know how to do, the less likely to have to run to the toilet at night. If you decide to try the exercises, it is better to keep them to do at least 3 months.
Sleep hygiene. This is a very important point, which is about to forget. If you get up to the toilet in the first 3 - 4 chasa after going to bed, it may be due to the quality of sleep. You wake up at night and only then realize that you need to go to the toilet. If it had not woken up, it would not have gone. Below there is a link to my article about sleep hygiene.
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Here are links to my articles are mentioned:
Overactive bladder. How to live with him and his coach
sleep hygiene
