What is the cause of frequent urination?

For most people, normal urination is four to six times in the morning and zero to two times at night. This is a normal frequency of urination. If you urinate more than this many times, you are urinating too much. There are many reasons for frequent urination, which may be the stimulation of inflammation, or it may be a problem with bladder capacity, etc. In short, excessive urination is not a good thing. So what is the cause of frequent urination?

The cause of excessive urination is sometimes related to neurological factors, and may also be closely related to physical weakness after illness, parasites, etc. Therefore, if you want to treat excessive urination, you must find out the correct cause so that you can better prescribe the right medicine. So what is the cause of frequent urination?

Frequent urination

Also known as small convenience and vortex. Due to the coldness of the lower abdomen, the kidney cannot retain water, and symptoms include increased frequency of urination, clear and long urination, or frequent urination at night, as well as soreness of the waist and knees, chills and cold limbs, and mental fatigue. The treatment should be to warm the kidney and consolidate the body, and moxibustion on Mingmen, Guanyuan and other acupoints. Frequent urination is one of the main symptoms of diabetes, often accompanied by polydipsia and polyphagia. See the article on diabetes for details.

What is the cause of frequent urination?

Expert explanation: A normal adult urinates an average of 4 to 6 times a day during the day and 0 to 2 times after going to bed at night; a baby urinates 20 to 30 times during the day and night. If the frequency of urination increases significantly and exceeds the above range, it is frequent urination.

Increased urination frequency without pain, also known as frequent urination, can be caused by a variety of reasons. Neuropsychiatric factors, physical weakness after illness, parasitic diseases, etc. can all cause increased urination frequency. The initial consideration is prostate hyperplasia, which compresses the posterior urethra, causing a series of problems such as frequent urination at night, urgency, dripping urine, and decreased sexual function. There are many reasons why frequent urination occurs.

There are many reasons for frequent urination, which can be summarized as follows:

⑴ 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. However, there is no discomfort in urination.

⑵Inflammation stimulation: When there is inflammation in the bladder, the nerve perception threshold is lowered, the urination center is in an excited state, resulting in frequent urination and reduced urine volume (<300-500 ml/time in adults). Therefore, frequent urination is an important symptom of cystitis, especially acute cystitis, which is more obvious in tuberculous cystitis. Others, such as prostatitis, urethritis, pyelonephritis, chronic balanoposthitis in children, vulvitis, etc., may also cause frequent urination. Under the stimulation of inflammation, frequent urination, urgency, and pain when urinating often occur at the same time, which is called urinary tract irritation sign, commonly known as "tri-uria sign".

⑶ Non-inflammatory stimulation: such as urinary stones and foreign bodies, usually with frequent urination as the main manifestation.

⑷ Decreased bladder capacity: such as bladder space-occupying lesions, compression from the enlarged uterus during pregnancy, tuberculous bladder contracture, or large bladder stones.

⑸ Psychoneural frequent urination: Frequent urination only occurs during the day or before going to sleep at night. It is often caused by mental tension or occurs in patients with hysteria. It may also be accompanied by urinary urgency and pain.

After reading the detailed answer to the question of why you urinate frequently, I believe you have a general understanding of it. Excessive urination is actually a disease, and may also cause many chronic diseases, such as diabetes, urinary stones, prostatitis, etc. Therefore, if you urinate too much, it is best to go to the hospital to consult a doctor in time, so that you can better find out the cause and benefit your condition.