What causes frequent urination?

As people's living standards improve, diseases occur more frequently. At present, many patients in society are worried about the disease of frequent urination. So what is frequent urination? All people know is that they have to go to the toilet countless times, but they ignore the seriousness of this problem. However, most people don’t know the real cause of frequent urination. So it seems that it is very beneficial for people to know more about these things.

The following is an introduction to frequent urination. I think people can learn more about it and, if discovered, prevent and treat it in time to get it under control. In fact, people do not need to worry too much about frequent urination. Frequent urination is a symptom, not a disease. There are many reasons and triggers that can cause frequent urination, such as mental factors, excessive fatigue, inflammation, etc., which can cause frequent urination. You can take a look at the following specific introduction:

Frequent urination is a symptom, not a disease. Increased urination frequency without pain can occur for a variety of reasons, also known as frequent urination. There are many reasons for frequent urination, including neuropsychiatric factors, physical weakness after illness, parasitic diseases, etc. For children with frequent urination, urinary tract infection, local inflammation of the vulva or penis, etc. need to be excluded. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that frequent urination is mainly due to children's weak constitution, weak kidney qi, inability to restrain bladder, and failure to transform. In addition, excessive fatigue will cause deficiency of both spleen and lungs, the upper deficiency cannot control the lower, the earth deficiency cannot control water, and the bladder will be weak, resulting in frequent urination. Therefore, frequent urination is mostly a symptom of deficiency, which requires conditioning. Eat more foods rich in plant organic active alkali, eat less meat and more vegetables. There are many causes of frequent urination, the most common of which is urinary tract infection. The main cause of frequent urination in the elderly is prostate hypertrophy, and the main cause of frequent urination in pregnant women is uterus pressing on the bladder.

What is the cause of frequent urination? The following are some of the reasons why frequent urination occurs:

1. Increased urine volume: When urine volume increases, the frequency of urination will also increase accordingly. Under physiological conditions, such as drinking a lot of water, eating watermelon, and drinking beer, due to the increase in water intake, the urine volume increases through the regulation and filtration of the kidneys, and the frequency of urination also increases, resulting in frequent urination. Under pathological conditions, such as some patients with diabetes and diabetes insipidus who drink a lot of water, have a lot of urine, and urinate frequently, they do not feel any discomfort when urinating.

2. Inflammatory stimulation: When there is inflammation in the bladder, the urinary center is in an excited state, resulting in frequent urination and reduced urine volume. Therefore, frequent urination is an important symptom of cystitis, especially in acute cystitis and tuberculous cystitis. Other conditions such as prostatitis, urethritis, pyelonephritis, chronic balanoposthitis in children, vulvitis, etc. can also cause frequent urination. Under the stimulation of inflammation, frequent urination, urgency, and pain often occur at the same time, which is called urinary tract irritation, commonly known as "3 urine syndrome".

3. Non-inflammatory irritation: such as urinary stones and foreign bodies, usually with frequent urination as the main manifestation.

4. Reduced bladder capacity: such as bladder space-occupying lesions, compression from the enlarged uterus during pregnancy, tuberculous bladder contracture, or large bladder stones.

5. Psychoneural frequent urination: Frequent urination only occurs during the day or before falling asleep at night. It is often caused by mental tension or occurs in patients with hysteria. It may also be accompanied by urgency and pain when urinating.

Through the above introduction to frequent urination, everyone has a certain understanding of what frequent urination is. No one can determine the occurrence of disease. When people find something abnormal in their body, they should pay attention to it and take measures to prevent and control it according to their actual situation, so as to avoid other physical problems in the long run.