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| Nocturia |
Last updated: May 05, 2008 |
Contributing risk factors | Other conditions that may be present | Recommendations
 Risk factors for Nocturia:
Nocturia suggests the following may be present:
Recommendations for Nocturia: | |  | | | | Diet |  Artificial Sweetener Avoidance | Sugar substitutes like aspartame and saccharin may cause bladder irritation. The most difficult soda to tolerate appears to be diet cola, which is a quadruple whammy of carbonation, caffeine, aspartame and cocoa derivatives, four known bladder irritants. |
 Alcohol Avoidance| | Diuretics such as alcohol and caffeine may increase urine output and cause nighttime urination. |
Caffeine/Coffee Avoidance |
Drug |
Not recommended:
 Conventional Drugs / Information| | Some prescription medicines can cause nighttime urination. |
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Environmental |
Chemical Avoidance| | Here is the story of Gary Craig, who found that cooking with teflon was causing frequent urination.
"About three or four years ago I began having to urinate too often, including getting up five or six times at night. Gradually it got worse until it reached a peak a few months ago when I was urinating two or three times an hour all day long.
Sometimes after going to bed I would have to get up and urinate 10 or 12 times in the first two hours. Then, in addition, I would still get up another five or six times during the night.
I noticed, however, that the problem went away when I left home to go on a trip. Within 24 to 48 hours of walking out my front door, my system returned to normal. When I returned, the problem came back within 24 to 48 hours. So, what was happening at home to cause this?
I did elimination diets and could find no discernible cause from what I was eating. I spent more time outdoors to see if a change from non-house air was doing it. No difference. Besides, it wasn't likely to be something in my home because I had moved two years ago and had the same problem in the previous house.
Sometimes the problem would subside for a while and them come roaring back, and I was convinced that I was somehow causing it. I did EFT on it, of course, and would get temporary relief. However, the fact that the EFT relief was only temporary was a big clue that I was doing something on an ongoing basis to cause this problem. But what was it?
Then, about two or three months ago, I read an article on Dr. Mercola's Web site regarding Teflon. It said that cooking things in Teflon over high heat was likely to cause toxicity. Although I never used high heat (nothing above medium heat), I recalled that three or four years ago (about the time all this started) my mother gave me a Teflon frying pan ... which I began using regularly.
I stopped using the Teflon frying pan and BINGO! About 24 to 48 hours later the problem vanished and has never returned. It now made sense. When I left home for a trip, I was away from the Teflon frying pan. When I came back, I started using the Teflon frying pan again. |
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