Frequent urination

Frequent urination is the need to urinate more often than every 2 hours or more than eight times in a 24 hours period.

Anything that causes bladder and urethral inflammation, even in the absence of infection, may cause frequent urination. Many factors might cause frequent urination. This include: high fluid intake, diuretics, diabetics, urinary tract infections UTI, prostate enlargement.

Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus is a potentially life-threatening condition that can present with frequent urination. This result from glucose-induce osmotic diuresis.

Frequent urination may be accompanied by other symptoms. Urgency is the sudden, sometimes uncontrollable need to urinate; this may be so strong that people leak urine before they reach the bathroom. Some people also have pain, burning, and/or a change in the color of the urine (cloudy or bloody).

Frequent urination that occurs at night is called nocturia. Frequent urination during the night is a common occurrence in patients with moderate to severe sleep apnea. While many patients attribute their frequent urination at night to excessive fluid intake in the evening or an enlarged prostate, it is more than likely due to indirect effects from the sleep apnea.
Frequent urination