Sometimes the needs and desires that are completely natural to a person can bring him uncomfortable sensations. This also applies to various problems encountered when visiting the toilet. Their appearance is a serious reason for seeking medical attention.
If you too often have to visit the toilet “for a little”, then you should familiarize yourself with the causes of frequent urination and with methods of treatment.
Pathology in women
The frequency with which a person passes urination depends largely on his anatomical structure, lifestyle, and also existing chronic diseases. The frequency of going to the toilet may not necessarily change throughout life. Sometimes the number of urges increases very significantly, even in a few days. A similar phenomenon is caused by a pathological condition or may serve as a variant of the physiological norm.
What can cause increased urination in women? A similar phenomenon causes the influence of the following factors:
- urinary tract pathologies;
- systemic diseases;
- natural changes in hormonal levels;
- normal body response to physical activity, food or drinks.
Urinary system ailments
The desire to often visit the toilet often arises in women due to the occurrence of urethritis, cystitis and pyelonephritis. The reason for this can be urolithiasis. One of its options is saline diuresis.
All these pathologies have a direct relationship with each other. For example, urethritis may occur at first. With untimely treatment, an ascending infection occurs, causing pyelonephritis. And vice versa. Infection may become downward. And it, again, is provoked by untimely treatment.
All ailments that are in this group cause frequent urination. Pain arising during this process indicates the presence of inflammation and may have a different degree of severity, which depends on the intensity of the pathological process.
- Urethritis. This disease, which causes frequent urination, is inflammation of the urethra. As a rule, it occurs during hypothermia or due to various mechanical factors (for example, due to wearing synthetic or uncomfortable clothes).
- Cystitis. This pathology is inflammation of the bladder. Cystitis is one of the most common causes of frequent urination in women. Going to the toilet is accompanied by pains and pains. The pathology mainly affects women due to the small size of the urethra, which allows the infection to quickly reach the upper organs.
- Pyelonephritis. This disease, which causes rapid urination, is caused by inflammatory processes in the kidneys. Sometimes the ailment is accompanied by fever, fever and other symptoms. Discomfort to women at the same time is brought not only by frequent urge to the toilet, but also by pain that occurs in the lumbar region.
- Urolithiasis disease. Rapid urination with this pathology occurs with increasing physical exertion, as well as during shaking on the road. Sometimes stones block the entrance to the urethra or ureter, creating additional discomfort. In this case, urination stops, although complete emptying does not occur.
Female diseases
All organs and systems in the human body are closely interconnected. That is why the causes of frequent urination in women sometimes even become gynecological diseases.
So, regular urge to the toilet is observed with:
- Uterine fibroids. This pathology is a benign tumor that, with an increase in size, produces pressure on the bladder. There is a feeling of discomfort. It leads to rapid urination in women without pain. This ailment does not show any other symptoms in its initial stages. That is why when changing the frequency of going to the toilet, you should immediately consult a doctor.
- The omission of the uterus. It is difficult to detect this pathology in a timely manner due to the absence of characteristic symptoms. Help in diagnosing the disease at its early stage will allow rapid urination. It will certainly focus the attention of doctors on the existing problem and will allow you to start timely treatment without resorting to surgery.
Diabetes
What other pathologies can cause frequent urination in women without pain? Often frequent trips to the toilet are symptoms of diabetes:
- Sugar. This pathology is caused by impaired glucose metabolism. The main symptom of diabetes is intense thirst. As a result of this, frequent urination occurs.
- Non-sugar. This ailment occurs due to hormonal imbalance. This causes the body's inability to retain water.
Hormonal changes
Sometimes frequent urination is the norm. This happens during a period of a hormonal change in women, which occurs during pregnancy and menopause.
So, in the first trimester of expectation of a child, increased urination is caused by increased blood supply to the uterus. This process certainly captures the bladder located next to it. In the second trimester, the number of trips to the toilet decreases. After all, a woman’s body has already adapted to a new state. The process of active growth of the uterus is characteristic of the third trimester. She begins to physically put pressure on the bladder. The number of urges in women increases.
Rapid urination with menopause is associated with the influence of changes in the hormonal background on the functioning of body systems. A sharp decrease in estrogen levels leads to a weakening of the elasticity of all the muscles of the body, including the urethra.
Norm Option
Often, increased water formation leads to increased urine formation . The greater the amount of fluid a woman drinks, the more often she will need to go to the toilet.
And this is quite normal. Significant diuretic effect is present in coffee, fruit drinks and compotes. To increase the desire to defecate can even small doses of alcohol. It is worth noting that such trips to the toilet will be considered only if they are not accompanied by pain as a variant of the norm.
Treatment in women
In those cases when rapid urination needs correction, not being a variant of the norm, the doctor prescribes a course of drug therapy. Its main goal will be to eliminate the underlying disease that caused the pathology.
To get rid of a bacterial infection, antibiotics are usually prescribed. Together with them, the use of probiotics and antifungal agents is recommended. In the event that a woman has an allergy, the doctor prescribes antihistamines, which the patient should take at the same time as the main course of treatment.
The problem associated with the presence of kidney stones is eliminated with the help of specific agents that alter the acidity of the urine. As a rule, such preparations contain either salts or plant extracts.
If the reason for frequent urination is the specificity of the water regime or diet, then you should not change anything. The exception in this case may concern only the intake of alcoholic beverages, which should be discarded.
Frequent urges that occur during menopause are eliminated independently when conducting competent hormone therapy. Frequent urination during pregnancy is not subject to medical correction.
Causes of pathology in men
Sometimes an increase in the number of trips to the toilet “for little” is also observed among representatives of the strong half of humanity. All the causes of frequent urination in men are conditionally divided into two categories - physiological and pathological. The first of them includes changes in the diet and an increase in the amount of fluid consumed. So, the average daily diuresis increases with the use of raw fruits and non-starchy vegetables. Strong diuretic properties are also shown by alcohol and coffee. Men experience frequent urination after consuming their favorite beer.
With an increase in the number of trips to the toilet associated with nutrition, you only need a diet correction. Normal urination is restored during this day.
Prostatitis
Rapid urination in men can be caused by a pathology of an inflammatory nature. An ailment of the prostate gland most often occurs due to a bacterial infection and can develop even at a relatively young age. If timely treatment is not carried out, frequent urination can torment a man for a long time.
In addition to this patient, another symptom bothers. It consists in frequent, but at the same time unproductive urges. During the separation of urine, a man experiences pains or other discomfort.
BPH
This pathology also causes frequent urination in men. Prostate adenoma is a benign tumor. With its increase in size, pressure is applied to the urethra. A man often goes to the toilet. However, despite this, the bladder is not completely empty. The patient is strongly pushing, but the stream, nevertheless, appears intermittent and lethargic. Such rapid urination without pain occurs. At the same time, one more rather unpleasant symptom is observed in men. Patients often complain of urinary incontinence, which is especially common at night.
Elderly men suffer from prostate adenoma. It is practically unfamiliar to young people.
Diseases of the genitourinary system
Frequent trips to the toilet in men, as well as in women, can be explained by pathologies such as urethritis, cystitis and pyelonephritis. Increases the frequency of urges and urolithiasis.
They cause abnormalities and urogenital infections. Among them are chlamydia, syphilis, gonorrhea and others. Features of the anatomical structure of the male body lead to the fact that such infectious diseases cause inflammation of the urethra. This becomes the cause of rapid urination, accompanied by pains.
Treatment in men
Therapy of frequent urination will lead to the elimination of an unpleasant phenomenon only if it is caused by one of the diseases described above. If the frequency of going to the toilet is not a deviation from the norm, then you will need to make changes to the diet, completely abandon diuretic drugs and alcohol.
In the treatment of pathologies, one of the symptoms of which is frequent urination, doctors use such groups of medications as:
- Diuretics Most often they are made on the basis of medicinal plants that gently increase diuresis. This action helps to remove bacterial toxins or calculi from the body.
- Changing in one direction or another urine pH. Such drugs are designed to destroy crystals and stones in order to free the body from them naturally.
- Antibiotics. Similar drugs are prescribed by a doctor for urogenital infections.
- Antiprotozoal medicines. They are used in the treatment of diseases caused by some protozoa, such as ureaplasma or chlamydia.
- Uroantiseptics. These are bactericidal drugs that affect pathological microorganisms that live in the urinary system.
- Antiviral agents. They are effective for viral infections that cause frequent urination.
- Alpha adrenoreceptor blockers. Such drugs are used in the appointment of a comprehensive course of therapy for adenomas and prostatitis.
Pathology of urination in children
If the child began to often run to the toilet, then immediately parents should not panic. Sometimes this only serves as a sign that their son or daughter drank a lot of liquid or ate watermelon, melon or juicy berries. However, if such a phenomenon continues for a long period, then it should be paid attention to. After all, sometimes it serves as a sign of the onset of a serious illness.
Rapid urination in children may occur due to the following:
- excess fluid intake;
- diabetes mellitus;
- taking any diuretic drugs;
- infectious diseases of the urinary system (urethritis, cystitis, nephritis);
- the development of respiratory diseases caused by viruses;
- neurosis and stressful conditions.
However, just frequent trips to the toilet is clearly not enough to suggest the presence of an ailment in a child. Parents should watch their child for some time. If any pathology became the cause of the problem, then the child will be able to observe:
- Pain during urination. Older children will complain about it themselves, and the kids will grunt, frown, and sometimes cry.
- False urge. With such sensations, the child will visit the toilet at short intervals, and there will be practically no urine. A similar symptom is a clear sign of cystitis.
- Pain in the lumbar region or abdomen. Older children will indicate this symptom themselves, while younger children will frown, cry and bang their legs. In cases where lower back pain is accompanied by fever, an upset kidney can be suspected.
- The appearance of edema and bags under the eyes. Similar symptoms will indicate a malfunction in the outflow of fluid from the body. This symptom occurs with the development of pyelonephritis.
- Turbidity or an admixture of blood appears in the urine. A similar symptom indicates problems with kidney filtration, which indicates the development of glomerulonephritis.
Treatment in children
Frequent urination, which is a symptom of a serious pathology, requires the use of proven methods. Most ailments, in addition to cystitis and urethritis, will require treatment in an inpatient setting. Only in this case, the patient will be fully examined, which will allow him to prescribe effective therapy. The course of treatment must exactly match the diagnosis, which will allow you to influence the main cause of the unpleasant phenomenon.
As a rule, drug therapy is carried out with the appointment of anticholinergic drugs. However, in addition to them, the doctor can choose other means, such as:
- Uroseptics. These drugs are prescribed in the presence of inflammatory processes in the urinary ducts.
- Insulin. It is necessary for diabetes.
- Hormones and cystostatics. Their doctor prescribes in the event of the development of glomerulonephritis.
- Soothing. They are needed if the child has a neurosis.
- Physiotherapy with nootropic drugs prescribed for the syndrome of "lazy bladder."
- Antibiotics. Their intake is necessary to get rid of infectious inflammation. In this case, children are prescribed only sparing antibiotics, which will minimize the negative effect of their use.
Parents should remember that the child should complete the course of therapy. And this despite the fact that his condition may improve even before the end of the medication.