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Hi Everyone
I was a bed wetter as a kid but recently I wet the bed 3 nights in a row and one of those nights twice.
So I’ve had and MRI to check the pituitary gland which was “beautiful “ according to the endocrinologist.
I’ve had blood tests which have shown and imbalance in my urine and blood concentration which seems to have improved since the first blood test. I’ve also done a 24 urine collection which didn’t show I was peeing too much. But I get up at least 5 times overnight and the volume to me seems a lot each time even with limiting fluid before going to bed. I haven’t wet the bed since the last time I wet 3 nights in a row.
It’s doing my head in. Why did I wet 3 nights in a row and haven’t since.
The Drs can’t explain why either.
I’m in the process of doing another 24 hour collection today and have to do another next week and then have more blood tests before seeing the endocrinologist again.
Sorry about the long post.
Thanks
Bel

 

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I hope it turns out well for you. God bless you.

 

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@Bel Endocrinologists can be priceless (one saved my life when I was 23), but have you seen a urologist? They specialize in bladder issues. Often times there is no answer to bladder problems. Have you had a recent back injury? That can cause loss of bladder control. One thing about endocrinologists is that they’re known for doing an infinite amount of testing. That’s bad for Americans since we have to pay for our medical costs. But perhaps where you live, the testing is free and maybe worth getting. Speaking of an endocrinologist, that reminds me, I need to see one again; thanks for reminder

 

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@Bel

Sounds like "Overactive Bladder" is part of the problem. Like @snow said, urologists specialize with bladder issues.

They have lots of treatments available. In my case I do not wet the bed, but I do have urgency/frequency, nighttime urination (nocturnal enuresis), and painful urination; and add to that a long history of kidney stones.

The urologists have helped me tremendously. I have now settled down with an "InterStim" device from Medtronic. It is a device that is implanted under my skin with a wire lead to my sacral nerve near my bladder. I control how it functions using a remote transmitter. I used to have to urinate every 30-60 minutes all night long. Now I am at an average of 2-3 hours. That is GREAT for me!

I have also had the "REZUM" prostate reduction procedure.

Over the years there have been other treatments and medications along the way.

 

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Urgency seems to have no connection, much of the time, to amount. It doesn't make sense, to me. But little about this issue does make sense, except the link I seem to see, here, with certain conditions like spinal or nerve damage external to the bladder & prostate. Not enough info to tell if, as an example, Peripheral Neuropathy, correlates.