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Frequent Urination in Women can be More than Annoying

At the very least needing to go to the bathroom too often can be more than annoying. It can cause sleep deprivation if you have to get up multiple times during the night to urinate, which may leave you tired and useless the following day. Frequent urination in women is also known as an overactive bladder, and urine leakage may also happen when you laugh or cough.

This condition is generally caused by an infection, hormonal changes or an underlying disease. If the frequent urination is also painful, then this most likely indicates an infection of some sort is present. If you have just recently given birth or are going through menopause, then your bladder may not stretch as well as it used to causing more frequent trips to the bathroom.

Stress is another frequently overlooked reason why women suffer from frequent urination, and in younger women, it may be an early sign of an overactive thyroid gland.

There are also diseases that may include frequent urination as symptoms like chronic kidney disease, tumors or diabetes. Another problem that may cause the need to urinate more frequently than normal could also include kidney stones or bladder stones. Constipation may actually cause you to have to urinate more frequently, and finally the later stages of pregnancy may also cause this problem.

Some causes of frequent urination are self-correcting. Obviously, if you are pregnant, eventually you will give birth, and you will not have the added pressure of an unborn child on your internal organs. Kidney or bladder stones may pass on their own, and an infection may clear up.

Watching what you drink and when you drink it may also help reduce your trips to the bathroom. For example, alcohol and caffeine both irritate the bladder and simply consuming less liquid before going to bed may help limit nighttime bathroom trips.

However, there are times when you will want to seek medical attention when your frequent urination symptoms do not subside on their own. For example, you may have an infection that does not clear up on its own. Or menopause may cause hormonal changes that are not righting themselves without help. So this would be an excellent time to discuss your frequent urination symptoms and treatment options with your doctor.

While frequent urination in women may not necessarily be a serious problem, you will not know if it is or not without having your health provider’s input. So, before you either worry too much or dismiss the problem as insignificant, get a definite diagnosis, and then you will be able to take care of the problem with the proper treatment.

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