Frequent Urination

Frequent urination, or micturition (also called frequency), means having the urge to pass urine more often than usual. In some cases, the frequency of bathroom visits can disrupt one’s routine. The frequency at night (also called nocturia) can interrupt your sleep cycle and increase the risk of accidents related to excessive tiredness. When it starts being a problem is usually a sign of an underlying medical condition.

It is normal to urinate between 6 and 7 times over 24 hours. If you urinate more than seven times a day or every hour while drinking about 2 liters of water, you might have an abnormal frequency.

Sometimes you can observe that you urinate a lot even if you do not drink anything or still pee after peeing.

Causes

Quite often is a sign of excessive production of urine by the kidneys. The most common reason is drinking many fluids, especially if they contain caffeine or alcohol. 

However, it can be a sign of kidney problems, or another medical condition, such as:

• diabetes mellitus
• diabetes insipidus
• pregnancy

Other causes or related factors may include:

• food and drinks that act as diuretics
• diuretics, such as chlorothiazide that make you urinate fluid from your body
• urinary tract infection
• interstitial cystitis, a type of inflammation of the bladder wall
• overactive bladder (OAB) syndrome, which causes involuntary bladder contractions that lead one to feel a sudden urge to urinate
• bladder cancer
• bladder or kidney stones
• urethral stricture
• colon diverticulitis (outpouching sacs develop in the wall of the large intestine, touching and irritating the bladder)
• STD
• stroke and other brain or nervous system conditions
• tumour or mass in the pelvic area
• radiation of the pelvis, such as during cancer treatment
• Anxiety