Follow-up – Nour Njeim:
Oleg Kotenko, a nephrologist at the Moscow City Health Directorate, confirmed that frequent awakening at night may be a symptom of poor kidney function. He added: “There are no set standards for the number of visits to the toilet. But frequent awakening at night is a signal that should prompt one to pay attention to the functioning of the kidneys.”
He continued, “If pain is observed when urinating frequently, it should be checked for the presence of a urinary tract infection.” Stressing the impermissibility of patience and endurance when the need arises to go to the bathroom.
He also warned once morest stagnation of urine, it significantly increases the risk of infection, that is, infection from the urine can pass further, to the kidney tissue and develop pyelonephritis.
