frequent urination
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Frequent urination, or urinary frequency (sometimes called pollakiuria), is the need to urinate more often than usual. Diuretics are medications that increase urinary frequency. Nocturia is the need of frequent urination at night.{{Cite web|url=https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003140.htm|title=Frequent or urgent urination: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia|date=5 December 2017|website=medlineplus.gov|language=en|access-date=2017-12-19}} The most common cause of this condition for women and children is a urinary tract infection. The most common cause of urinary frequency in older men is an enlarged prostate.{{Cite news|url=http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/genitourinary-disorders/symptoms-of-genitourinary-disorders/urinary-frequency|title=Urinary Frequency - Genitourinary Disorders - Merck Manuals Professional Edition|work=Merck Manuals Professional Edition|access-date=2017-12-19|language=en-US}}
Frequent urination is strongly associated with frequent incidents of urinary urgency, which is the sudden need to urinate. It is often, though not necessarily, associated with urinary incontinence and polyuria (large total volume of urine). However, in other cases, urinary frequency involves only normal volumes of urine overall.{{cite web | title = Frequent urination | publisher = Mayo Clinic | date = 12 July 2005 | url = https://www.mayoclinic.org/symptoms/frequent-urination/basics/causes/sym-20050712 | access-date = 10 May 2020}} {{citation needed|date=April 2017}}
Definition
The normal number of times varies according to the age of the person. Among young children, urinating 8 to 14 times each day is typical. This decreases to 6–12 times per day for older children, and to 4–6 times per day among teenagers.Gary Robert Fleisher, Stephen Ludwig, Fred M. Henretig. (2006) Textbook of Pediatric Emergency Medicine. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. {{ISBN|9780781750745}}. p. 663
Causes
The most common causes of frequent urination are:{{citation needed|date=October 2018}}
- interstitial cystitis{{Cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/ic/index.html|title=What is Interstitial Cystitis (IC)?|date=February 9, 2016|website=www.cdc.gov|publisher=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|language=en-us|access-date=2017-12-19}}{{PD-notice}}
- urinary tract infection{{Cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/antibiotic-use/community/for-patients/common-illnesses/uti.html|title=Urinary Tract Infection, Community Antibiotic Use|publisher=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|date=2017-10-04|website=www.cdc.gov|language=en-us|access-date=2017-12-19}}{{PD-notice}}
- enlarged prostate
- urethral inflammation or infection
- vaginal inflammation or infection.
Less common causes of frequent urination are:{{citation needed|date=October 2018}}
- alcoholism
- anxiety
- bladder cancer
- caffeine{{cite journal |vauthors=Bradley CS, Erickson BA, Messersmith EE, Pelletier-Cameron A, Lai HH, Kreder KJ, Yang CC, Merion RM, Bavendam TG, Kirkali Z |title=Evidence of the Impact of Diet, Fluid Intake, Caffeine, Alcohol and Tobacco on Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms: A Systematic Review |journal=J. Urol. |volume=198 |issue=5 |pages=1010–1020 |date=November 2017 |pmid=28479236 |doi=10.1016/j.juro.2017.04.097 |pmc=5654651 }}
- diabetes
- pregnancy{{cite web|title=What are some common signs of pregnancy?|url=http://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/pregnancy/conditioninfo/Pages/signs.aspx|website=Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development|access-date=14 March 2015|date=July 12, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319160741/http://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/pregnancy/conditioninfo/Pages/signs.aspx|archive-date=19 March 2015|df=dmy-all}}
- psychiatric medications such as clozapine
- radiation therapy to the pelvis
- brain or nervous system diseases
- stroke
- tumor in the pelvis
- kidney stones
Diagnosis and treatment
Diagnosis of the underlying cause requires a careful and thorough evaluation.{{cite journal|last1=Gaschignard|first1=N|last2=Bouchot|first2=O|title=[Micturation abnormalities. Pollakiuria, dysuria, vesicular retention, burning micturation, precipitant urination: diagnostic orientation].|journal=La Revue du praticien|date=15 June 1999|volume=49|issue=12|pages=1361–3|pmid=10488671}}
Treatment depends on the underlying cause or condition.{{cite journal|last1=Kuffel|first1=A|last2=Kapitza|first2=KP|last3=Löwe|first3=B|last4=Eichelberg|first4=E|last5=Gumz|first5=A|title=[Chronic pollakiuria: cystectomy or psychotherapy].|journal=Der Urologe. Ausg. A|date=October 2014|volume=53|issue=10|pages=1495–9|doi=10.1007/s00120-014-3618-x|pmid=25214314|s2cid=195681830}}
See also
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