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Waking up to pee is normal, but not if it is more than twice a night
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Making lifestyle changes like avoiding tea and coffee in the evenings can reduce nocturia, the formal term for waking up at night to relieve your bladder.
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UNITED STATES – Nightly trips to the bathroom are normal. About a third of adults aged over 30, and half over 65, do so.
Waking up to relieve your bladder, formally known as nocturia, is a medical issue only if you have to do it more than twice a night – or if you have trouble going back to sleep afterwards, said Dr Jeffrey Weiss, chair of urology at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University.
