The ongoing and urgent need to urinate can affect all aspects of life, may hinder daily tasks, go out with friends, exercise, and sleep at night. Many people around the world suffer from a condition that causes them embarrassment known as Overactive Bladder. It occurs when the patient feels frequently with a strong desire to urinate even if the bladder is not completely full.
The large number of urination is different from urinary incontinence, as urine is involuntary urination that may lead to urine leakage.
“She suffers between 40% to 50% of women from the need to urinate, at a certain age,” Dr. Sushma Sri Sikrichna, a consultant for women, urology and obstetrics at the London Bridge Hospital from the United Kingdom, told the British newspaper Talgraf.
Men can also complain of this problem. One in three men over the age of fifty suffers from symptoms of prostate enlargement, among these symptoms are the need to urinate frequently.
According to the Cleveland Clinic website: “When men get an enlarged prostate, they are filled with the bladder quickly, and its emptying becomes more difficult, which may cause the need for urination.”
There are also cases such as urinary tract infections that cause the need to urinate frequently and cause pain and can develop both men and women.
What is the number of natural times to go to the toilet?
There is no single answer that suits everyone, the important thing is that the number of times the water cycle does not affect the quality of life and daily activities. “The woman’s bladder usually accommodates between 400 and 600 ml of fluids before the time of urination, with a time separation between three and four hours between visits, on average. But this depends on the amount of fluids that she drank,” says Dr. Serkrishna.
Increased urination rate in women is due to hormonal changes, and in men, to problems in the prostate or to drugs that generate urine, such as those used to treat heart disease in both sexes.
When should a doctor visit?
According to Dr. Serkrishna: “It is not customary for a person under the age of fifty at night to urinate. After the age of fifty, it becomes normal to wake up once a night, and more than once at the age of sixties and seventies. The same applies to men and women.”
Often the number of times urinating and the urgent need to go to the bathroom in women during pregnancy increases. But in non -pregnant women, the abnormal increase in the number of times to the bathroom may indicate a health problem.
You should see a doctor if there is no clear cause that requires the need to urinate frequently (that is, not to drink large quantities of fluids such as juices or caffeine), or if the problem hinders sleep or daily activities, or if the patient suffers from other disturbing symptoms such as feeling pain when urinating, fever, or loss of control over the bladder.
“Firstly, we must exclude pathological conditions such as urinary tract infection or diabetes. It can cause some neurological problems, such as Parkinson’s disease, frequent urination, as well as the side effects of urine drug medications, including blood pressure medications. But even if there is no clear cause of frequent urination, we can still treat symptoms,” says Dr. Sri Rechrichna.
Is the ability to control the bladder with aging?
The bladder capacity decreases with aging, which increases the difficulty of imprisonment of urine, and the need to take medications whose side effects is increased, such as urine diuretics. Menopause also has a major impact. It weakens the lack of estrogen- one of the main female hormones- the bladder and the urethra canal. This negatively affects the ability to control the functions of the urinary system.
Does the psychological state have to do with it?
Fear of the idea of the inability to go to the bathroom promotes the need to urinate in some, and this is what happens in the last moments before going out to a place that is likely to be easy to reach the water cycle. Also, entering the house causes a sudden feeling of urgent need to urinate.
“I hear about these cases all the time from my patients. Both are caused by brain air conditioning, and they can also be treated.”
Does exaggeration affect drinking water?
Of course, drinking fluid increases the need to urinate. What enters the body comes out of it in the end. “One of the wrong habits that people think is correct that drinking water every minute of every day is necessary, so they carry huge water packages with them everywhere. Not everyone lives in a hot tropical country. All you need is to drink a liter and a half to two liters of fluids daily,” says Dr. Serkrishna.
But unlike the prevailing belief, reducing the amount of fluids that you consume below the required limit will not reduce the number of times you go to the bathroom.
“Dryness of the body leads to counterproductive results, so the kidneys will continue to produce urine, and urine will be more concentrated and practical more disturbing,” says Dr. Serkrishna.
Does any kind of food or drink increases the bad condition?
The catalyst for urination depends on each individual, but it is known that some foods irritate the lining of the bladder and increase the desire to urinate. “Acid foods are among the most common urination, such as tomatoes or orange juice,” says Courtney Barth, a dietitian from the United States. Chocolate can also stimulate urination because it contains caffeine.
She added: “Some drinks make it worse, such as coffee because they contain caffeine, which is a diuretic.” And Dr. Sukarishna agrees with the opinion, saying: “Caffeine and soft drinks increase the desire to urinate, as well as drinking large amounts of green tea.”
How can the bladder hyperactivity be treated?
The tests help to know the ability of the bladder to keep urine and empty it. “When my patients were examined, a number of diagnostic tests were conducted. After excluding an infection or any other medical cause, what is known as urodynamic assessment, a procedure that evaluates the efficiency of the parts of the lower urinary tract, where we work to fill the bladder with a dye, then we monitor it while it is full and empty under X -ray. Then I ask my patients to monitor what they eat and drink during the day.
Simple changes and lifestyle options can make a big difference for you, such as reducing caffeine or drinks that increase urination.
Among the approaches to re -train the bladder, the goal here is to train it to hold more urine and increase the period between urination times. As a person can continue for three or four hours without the need to urinate.