Most women have at least one urinary tract infection UTI at some point in their lives. UTIs happen when bacteria or something else infects parts of your urinary system, which includes your bladder, urethra and kidneys.
Besides frequent urination, signs of a UTI include a burning feeling when you pee, discolored urine and constantly feeling like you have to pee even after peeing. You may also feel bladder pressure or discomfort in your back or around your pelvis. Fever is another symptom of a UTI. With vaginitis, your vagina or vulva becomes inflamed and sore.
There are several reasons for this common condition — in most cases, some sort of infection is the cause. Along with genital pain and discomfort, frequent urination can be another telltale sign of vaginitis. You may also feel burning or itching when you pee. Overactive bladder OAB is just what it sounds like: Your bladder empties more often than it needs to, which causes you to pee too much.
There can be a variety of underlying causes, and sometimes no cause at all. Besides frequent urination, another common sign of OAB is a sudden, urgent need to pee immediately. Interstitial cystitis IC is when the muscles in and around your bladder become irritated. Symptoms may come and go, and their intensity varies from person to person, but pressure in the lower abdomen and frequent urination are common complaints.
With IC you also typically urinate small amounts and often feel like you still have to pee even after peeing. Similar to kidney stones, bladder stones appear when naturally occurring minerals in your urine join together to form small, hard clumps. They tend to be more common in men, but they affect women, too. Besides having to pee often, you may experience burning when you urinate, along with discomfort in your abdominal region.
A urinary tract infection happens when bacteria, usually from your bowel, makes its way to your bladder, urethra a duct connected to your urethra—this is where pee comes from , ureters the tubes connecting your bladder and urethra , or kidneys, according to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases NIDDK.
Having a UTI can also just suck incredibly hard overall and cause intense burning and pain when you do try to pee. Even though you may not be able to actually go in and see your doctor as easily right now due to the new coronavirus pandemic, you really should get in touch with a medical provider if you think you have a UTI.
In the first trimester of pregnancy , your blood volume increases, so your kidneys have to work through excess fluid that winds up in your bladder, according to the Mayo Clinic. That can continue into the second trimester, then your body ups the ante in the third. To prepare for go-time, the baby starts to move down through your pelvis, putting more weight on your bladder, the Mayo Clinic says.
Not only will this make you have to go pretty much all the time, but you might also start leaking pee when you do things like laugh, sneeze , or lift things. This is known as urinary incontinence.
If this is an issue for you, the Mayo Clinic suggests wearing panty liners to avoid soaking your underwear with urine. Uterine fibroids, noncancerous growths that can grow in and on your uterus, are the most common benign tumors in women of childbearing age, per the U.
Library of Medicine. Sometimes these tumors make their unwanted presence known by forcing you to pee all the time. This usually happens when a fibroid becomes large and presses on your bladder, according to the U.
Department of Health and Human Services. Fibroids can also cause heavy bleeding, painful periods , pain during sex, complications during pregnancy and labor , and even problems getting pregnant though the U. Department of Health and Human Services notes that this is rare. According to the Mayo Clinic , as fluids build in your bladder, nerve signals from your bladder to your brain typically trigger your pelvic floor muscles and muscles of your urethra to relax.
This allows your bladder to contract and push urine out. Dune says. Plenty of things can cause this to happen, including having a neurological disorder like a stroke , a bladder abnormality like a tumor, or excessive caffeine or alcohol intake, among others. The underlying cause determines the treatment, which can include medications to relax the bladder or even Botox injections to partially paralyze bladder muscles, according to the Mayo Clinic.
Pregnant women are also at increased risk for urinary tract infections. Additional medical causes of frequent urination can include: 6. Certain medications can also cause frequent urination. Sedatives and muscle relaxants including Valium diazepam , Librium chlordiazepoxide , and Ativan lorazepam can also cause frequent urination.
Sometimes toilet-trained children begin to urinate more frequently than normal during the day, as often as every few minutes. This condition is called pollakiuria and can be caused by stress; other times there is no identifiable cause.
The condition is usually harmless and will resolve within a few weeks or months. If the child experiences none of these additional symptoms and their doctor also suspects they have pollakiurua, the St.
To determine whether you have polyuria, the doctor may measure how much you urinate in a hour period. If your doctor suspects you have a urinary tract infection or a prostate infection, they may take a urine sample and conduct a urinalysis. They may also conduct a cystoscopy to view the inside of your bladder or an ultrasound to inspect your bladder or other organs. If your doctor thinks you have an enlarged prostate, they may conduct blood tests to measure the level of protein-specific antigen PSA in your blood and then conduct a biopsy of the prostate.
Your doctor may also measure your blood sugar levels to test for diabetes mellitus. Treatment for frequent urination will depend on the underlying medical cause. Antibiotics are typically prescribed to treat a urinary tract infection.
If you have an enlarged prostate, you may be prescribed medication to shrink your prostate. If you have overactive bladder syndrome, your doctor may prescribe medications including Ditropan oxybutynin or Vesicare solifenacin. If you are diagnosed with diabetes mellitus, your doctor may recommend changes to your diet, insulin injections , oral medications, or some combination of these. While you are receiving treatment, your doctor may also recommend that you wear an adult undergarment.
Depending on the condition, your doctor may also recommend changes to your lifestyle that can reduce or prevent frequent urination. These can include: 3.
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