3. Nocturia
This is usually the first symptom patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer report to their healthcare providers. Nocturia is the constant need to urinate at night. Patients wake up in the middle of the night with the urge to urinate, and it usually happens more than once. In some patients, nocturia causes fragmented and inadequate sleep, daytime sleepiness, and other consequences. This symptom responds to the same reason as increased urinary frequency. The urinary bladder fills more rapidly due to the extra space taken by the prostate, and the inflammation of the area contributes to sending the signal to the brain before time.