You may need to urinate frequently for one of several reasons: 1. Drinking too much water can cause the body to produce more urine. 2. Medical conditions like urinary tract infections, diabetes, kidney stones, and tumors can cause frequent urination. 3. Certain medications, foods, drinks, and lifestyle factors like alcohol, caffeine, and constipation can also lead to urinating more often than normal.

1. REASONS WHY
YOU URINATE
SO OFTEN

2. Are your
wondering why
you urinate
above the normal
7-8 times in a 24
hours cycle

3. Urinary
frequency can be
defined as needing to
urinate more than 7-8
times in a period of 24
hours while drinking
about 2
liters of fluid

4. This can disrupt your normal routine, interrupt your
sleep cycle, and it can be a sign of an underlying
medical condition

5. Urinary frequency, or just frequency, is different
from urinary incontinence
Most people urinate 6 or 7 times in 24 hours.
Urinating more often than this may be referred to
as frequency, but everyone is different
It is normally only a problem if it affects a person's
quality of life

6. It's considered
normal to have
to urinate about
6 - 7 times in a
24-hour period

7. If you're going more often than that, it could
simply mean that there is a change in your
normal urine physiology

8. This is due
to one of the
below seventeen
(17) reasons

9. You Drink Too Much Water
It's not just in straight H2O. You get 20-30% of water from foods,
and more from other beverages. It may seem obvious, but too much
water will make you pee more. That could lower the salt in your
blood to unhealthy levels. Follow the "Goldilocks" rule: Drink enough
to keep your urine clear or light yellow, but not so much that you
spend all day in the bathroom
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10. Urinary Tract Infection
It's the most common cause of frequent peeing. Bacteria infect
your kidneys, bladder, or the tubes that connect them to each
other and to the outside world. Your bladder swells and can't h
old as much urine, which may be cloudy, bloody, or strange-s
melling. You might also have fever, chills, nausea, and pain i
n your side or lower belly. Your doctor will likely prescribe an
tibiotics to get rid of the infection
2

12. Diabetes (Mellitus)
Both type 1 and type 2 raise your blood sugar. Your kidneys
try to filter it out, but they can’t always keep up. So the
sugar ends up in your urine. This draws more water from your
body and makes you pee more. The frequent urge to go is
one of the first and most common signs of diabetes.
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13. Diabetes Insipidus
This is a different condition from type 1 or type 2 diabetes. He
re, your body can’t use or doesn’t make enough vasopressin,
a hormone that normally tells your kidneys to release water
into your blood when you need it. You may feel tired, nauseate
d, confused, and very, very thirsty. You also might pee as much
as 15 liters a day, or five times more than normal
4

14. Diuretics
Also known as water pills, these drugs treat high blood pressu
re and liver and kidney problems. They make your kidneys
release more salt (sodium) into your urine, which makes you
pee more. This may cause you to lose too much sodium and
potassium, which could be bad for your health. You might be
dizzy, achy, and nauseated
5

15. Painful Bladder Syndrome
You might feel like you have to go all the time, but not much flows
out. You also might have pain in your lower belly that gets worse
when you pee or have sex. It seems to happen when your bladder
tissue gets swollen and very sensitive. It’s not always clear what
causes that. You can treat this condition, which is also called
interstitial cystitis, with diet and exercise, medication, surgery, and
physical therapy
6

16. Kidney Stones
Minerals and salts can form tiny rocks in your kidney. You
usually feel like you have to go often but don’t make much
pee. You also may have nausea, fever, chills, and serious pain
in your side and back that branches down to your groin in
waves. Extra weight, dehydration, high-protein diets, and family
history make them more likely.
7

18. Pregnancy
As your baby grows in your belly, it takes up more space and
pushes on your bladder, which makes you want to go sooner.
But even before that, when your baby was an embryo implante
d in your uterus, it triggered your body to make a pregnancy
hormone called human chorionic gonadotropin that makes
you pee more
8

19. Stroke
It sometimes damages nerves that control your bladder. You may wa
nt to go more often, but you may not pee much. Or you might gush
a lot of urine. Parkinson’s, multiple sclerosis, and other brain diseases
may have similar effects. Your doctor can help you change your diet a
nd bathroom habits to lessen symptoms. You may need medication or
surgery in serious cases.
9

20. Stroke

21. Vaginitis
It's when your vagina gets infected and inflamed from yeast,
bacteria, viruses, medication, or hormonal changes. It also can
happen from chemicals in creams, sprays, or clothes. You
may itch or burn when you pee, and hurt during sex. You
also might notice a discharge and a smell, and feel like you
have to pee more often.
10

23. Too Much Alcohol/Caffeine
They act as a diuretic and flush more water out of you. They
also curb your body's production of vasopressin, a hormone
that normally tells your kidneys to release more water to your
body instead of sending it straight to your bladder. It’s a good
idea to sip water along with your cocktail, beer, or wine
11

24. Weak Pelvis
That's the area of your lower belly. When the muscles get
stretched and weak, which may happen in pregnancy and
childbirth, the bladder might move out of position. Or your
urethra, the tube you pee through, might be stretched out.
Both could cause you to leak pee
12

25. Menopause
This is when a woman stops having her period, around
age 50. Your body produces less of the hormone
estrogen, and that can make you want to pee more
13

26. Tumor
Both cancerous and benign tumors can make you pee more be
cause they take up more space in or around your bladder. Bloo
d in your urine is the most important sign if it’s cancer. Talk t
o your doctor if you see blood, notice a lump in your lower b
elly, or find that it hurts to pee.
14

27. Prostate Cancer
Men have a walnut-sized gland, the prostate, that can grow
larger after age 25. An enlarged prostate can make your pee
stream feel weak and uneven. You might feel like you have
to go more, sometimes urgently. Rarely, this may be a sign of
more serious conditions like cancer. Your doctor can help rule
out other causes and treat your enlarged prostate
15

29. Constipation
If you haven't pooped in a while (constipation), your bowel
could get so full that it pushes on your bladder and makes you
feel like you have to pee more often or really bad. Constipatio
n can add to the problem by weakening your pelvic floor
muscles, which help control your bowel and bladder.
16

30. Sleep Apnea
Deep sleep signals your body to make a hormone (ADH) that tells
your body to hold onto water until you wake up. Sleep apnea interrup
ts your breathing for brief spells. This stops your body from getting to
the stage where it makes ADH. Plus, your blood doesn’t get as much
oxygen, which triggers your kidneys to get rid of water.
17

31. Reference
• https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/70
782.php
• https://health.clevelandclinic.org/what-your-bla
dder-is-trying-to-tell-you-about-your-health-2/
• https://www.medicinenet.com/urine_odor/symp
toms.htm
• I do not own copyright to the images used in
this research work

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