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Frequent urination, or urinary frequency (sometimes called pollakiuria), is the need to urinate more often than usual. Diuretics are medications that increase urinary frequency. Nocturia is the need of frequent urination at night. [1] The most common cause of this condition for women and children is a urinary tract infection.
Urge incontinence is an involuntary loss of urine occurring while suddenly feeling the need or urge to urinate, usually secondary to overactive bladder syndrome. Overflow incontinence is the incontinence that happens suddenly without feeling the urge to urinate and without necessarily doing any physical activities. It is also known as under ...
Overactive bladder (OAB) is a common condition where there is a frequent feeling of needing to urinate to a degree that it negatively affects a person's life. [2] The frequent need to urinate may occur during the day, at night, or both. [4] Loss of bladder control (urge incontinence) may occur with this condition. [1]
Nocturia is defined by the International Continence Society (ICS) as "the complaint that the individual has to wake at night one or more times for voiding (i.e., to urinate)". [1]
Neurostimulation treatment of adult enuresis may be considered prior to pursuing surgical methods. For adult enuresis, sacral nerve stimulation can be administered to decrease bladder muscle activity so that the bladder muscles are not constantly in a contracted state to help improve enuresis symptoms. [28] [29]
The need to urinate is experienced as an uncomfortable, full feeling. It is highly correlated with the fullness of the bladder. [ 26 ] In many males the feeling of the need to urinate can be sensed at the base of the penis as well as the bladder, even though the neural activity associated with a full bladder comes from the bladder itself, and ...
Persistent genital arousal disorder (PGAD), originally called persistent sexual arousal syndrome (PSAS), [1] is spontaneous, persistent, unwanted and uncontrollable genital arousal in the absence of sexual stimulation or sexual desire, [2] [3] and is typically not relieved by orgasm.
Symptoms include feeling the need to urinate right away, needing to urinate often, and pain with sex. [1] IC/BPS is associated with depression and lower quality of life. [5] Many of those affected also have irritable bowel syndrome and fibromyalgia. [1] The cause of interstitial cystitis is unknown. [1] While it can, it does not typically run ...