What is the reason for women's sudden frequent urination?

Because modern people are busy with their lives and basically don’t pay much attention to their physical condition, they often start to worry about whether the condition is serious only after complications occur. Everyone knows how to go to the toilet, but why do some women suddenly have frequent urination? What is frequent urination? What are the causes of frequent urination and what are their characteristics? Let’s take a look at the causes now.

Urinary frequency refers to increased frequency of urination. A normal adult urinates an average of 4 to 6 times a day during the day and 0 to 2 times at night after going to bed; an infant 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. There are many reasons for frequent urination, which can be summarized as follows:

(1) 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, they drink a lot of water, urinate a lot, and urinate frequently. But there was no discomfort in urination.

(2) Inflammatory stimulation: When there is inflammation in the bladder, the nerve perception threshold is lowered, the urinary 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 in acute cystitis and tuberculous cystitis. Other conditions such as prostatitis, urethritis, pyelonephritis, chronic balanoposthitis in children, vulvitis, etc. can also cause frequent urination. Under the stimulation of inflammation, frequent urination, urgency and pain often occur at the same time, which is called urinary tract irritation sign, commonly known as "triuria sign".

(3) Non-inflammatory irritation: such as urinary stones and foreign bodies, usually with frequent urination as the main manifestation.

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

(5) Psychoneural urinary frequency: Frequent urination only occurs during the day or before falling asleep at night, and is often caused by mental stress or seen in patients with hysteria. This may also be accompanied by urinary urgency and pain. Traditional Chinese medicine lists frequent urination as one of the symptoms of "kidney deficiency".

Indeed, when a person's physical condition deteriorates, he or she is prone to frequent urination, which is also likely to be accompanied by a decline in sexual function. Doesn’t Western medicine say that kidney function has nothing to do with sex? Doesn’t Western medicine say that people with good kidney function are more likely to urinate after drinking a lot of water? But it is obvious that people who urinate frequently often have a decline in physical fitness and sexual ability! How can this be explained?

This is caused by knowing one thing but not the other. Anatomically, the kidneys have nothing to do with sexual function. Frequent urination problems caused by poor physical condition and sexual function are due to bladder tension. Studies have shown that the role of androgens is not limited to maintaining sexual function, it has extensive and profound effects on people's physical and psychological health.

In terms of the effect of androgens on the body's muscle tissue, they can maintain the tension of muscle fibers. This should not be difficult for people to understand. Some "strong and powerful" men have higher levels of androgen in their bodies. The bladder is a hollow container composed of smooth muscle. Its function is to store urine, and it has good elasticity.

When the urine reaches a certain amount and the pressure it generates exceeds the tolerance of the bladder, people will feel the urge to urinate. When physical fitness and sexual function decline, the androgen level in the body decreases, and the muscle fiber tension of the bladder smooth muscle also decreases, which reduces the elasticity of the bladder.

When the amount of urine accumulated is no more than in the past, the pressure it generates is the same as before, which creates a need to urinate and results in frequent urination. If frequent urination occurs but the amount of urine excreted each time is not much (except for urinary tract infection), it is caused by the above reasons. If you experience frequent urination and a large amount of urine, you should be alert to the possibility of diabetes, early uremia, etc.

Minor ailments that you don't take seriously can be the culprit for serious illnesses. So don't ignore the little warnings your body sends you. If you don't pay attention, it may cause a bigger disease. If you encounter a similar situation, you should go to the hospital immediately. Don't wait until things get serious before you regret it.