Have you ever awakened at 1 a.m., needing to use the bathroom, only to have it happen again two hours later? Perhaps you figured your exhaustion the next day was just age catching up with you. However, those nighttime trips are actually your heart sending an SOS—one that could appear years before you feel any chest pain.
The Nocturia and Heart Disease Link
A 2023 study tracked a sample of adults for about 27 years and found that urinating two or more times nightly increased the risk of death from any cause and increased the risk specifically for heart disease by at least 50 percent.Nocturia has been identified as a marker of increased coronary heart disease risk in men younger than 60.
