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Chapters

0:00 Introduction
1:00 Causes of Frequent Urination
2:34 Symptoms of Frequent Urination
3:13 Diagnosis of Frequent Urination
3:59 Treatment of Frequent Urination

Frequent urination is the need to urinate more often than usual. Diuretics are medications that will increase urinary frequency. Nocturia is the need of frequent urination at night.[1] The most common cause of urinary frequency for women and children is a urinary tract infection. The most common cause of urinary frequency in older men is an enlarged prostate.[2]

Frequent urination is strongly associated with frequent incidents of urinary urgency, which is the sudden need to urinate. It is often, though not necessarily, associated with urinary incontinence and polyuria (large total volume of urine). However, in other cases, urinary frequency involves only normal volumes of urine overall.[3][citation needed]