Ron, one of my patients woke up in the middle of the night, felt the urge to urinate and got out of bed quickly to go to his bathroom. Ron urinated standing up, suddenly felt dizzy and the next thing he remembers is that he found himself on the bathroom floor at 2:00 am with a sore elbow and a bump on his head. Ron didn't die, but he could have died.

Losing consciousness while or after peeing (called micturition syncope) predominantly affects men (approximately 66 to 74 percent) but can also affect women.

Micturition syncope can happen at any age, but there are two distinct peak incidences: younger patients with a mean age around 38 to 44 years, often related to alcohol intake (syncope often occurring before midnight) and older patient with a mean age around 65 years (syncope often occurring after midnight or in the early morning). [1]

Micturition syncope is a rather benign condition, but the risk of death........

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