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Frequent urination during night, a condition doctors call nocturia, is common among snorers (men with obstructive sleep apnea) said Padma Shri and Dr B C Roy Awardee Dr KK Aggarwal, President Heart Care Foundation of India. Nocturia was defined as needing to void two or more times each night. In obstructive sleep apnea soft tissues in the back of throat temporarily collapse during sleep causing brief moments in which the patient stops breathing. The disorder can cause daytime sleepiness, and can be effectively treated with a breathing device that pushes air into the throat to prevent the tissues from collapsing called CPAP. Quoting a Japanese study published in the journal Urology by Dr. Yoji Moriyama, Dr Aggarwal said that nocturia was present in 41% of pateints with sleep apnea. The risk of nocturia was directly related to the severity of sleep apnea and the association was particularly strong in patients younger than 50 years of age.
