What Causes Constant Urge To Urinate?

Posted on Sat, 5 Dec 2015

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Question : 33 year-male, for the last 10 days. I felt an urgent need to urinate,got better for a couple of days but has gone back. Blood and urine samples where fine.

Answered by Dr. Grzegorz Stanko (33 minutes later)

Urine culture test is the next step. You should also have abdominal ultrasound done.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Grzegorz Stanko (12 minutes later)

What is a urine cultre test?

Answered by Dr. Grzegorz Stanko (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
It allows to identify the bacteria.

Detailed Answer:
Urine culture test is a special urine test where they incubate the urine. After 3 days they are able to tell if, how many and what kind of bacteria are present in the urine.
If bacteria is identified, they also check which antibiotic is the most effective against this bacteria.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Grzegorz Stanko (3 minutes later)

Doctor considering my age etc.. Do you think its anything serious?

Answered by Dr. Grzegorz Stanko (1 minute later)

Brief Answer:
I do not think this is serious.

Detailed Answer:
I do not thing this is serious. Prostate cancer (most serious problem) does not appear at your age. Infection is the most probable reason.
You should also check glucose level in your blood. Diabetes can be the reason of frequent urinating as well.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Grzegorz Stanko (7 minutes later)

I had a complete blood test 3 months ago, it checked funcationality of organs, blood count etc.. It came back fine. My gp dip sticked my urine sample last wee which was also clear. I suffer from ibs and also anxiety and depresion. Do you think that could have something to do with it? I stopped taking my anti depresents (citalipram) over 5 weeks ago without consulting my doctor. Could this have something to do with it?

Answered by Dr. Grzegorz Stanko (11 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Regular urine analysis is necessary.

Detailed Answer:
Complete blood test does not give information about all organs in the body. You can not treat it as a complete checkup. There is a lot of diseases which wont give any changes in the blood work.
Dip stick urine test is a mistake. It gives lots of false negative results. So you should not accept its result especially that your symptoms indicate an infection.
I suggest you to have regular urine analysis in the laboratory.

IBS, depression or anxiety have nothing to do with urinating problem.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Grzegorz Stanko (6 minutes later)

How many times to urinate a dayis normal?

Answered by Dr. Grzegorz Stanko (12 hours later)

Brief Answer:
There is no specific norm of that.

Detailed Answer:
There is no specific norm of that. More you drink, more often you urinate.
However, if you have not increased fluids intake, and you urinate like every 30 minutes or you have to urinate couple of times during the night, we can say its frequent urinating.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Grzegorz Stanko (22 minutes later)

I dont urinate during the night, i go like 5-7 times per day..

Answered by Dr. Grzegorz Stanko (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Still this can be frequent.

Detailed Answer:
Still it may be frequent for you. Urge to urinate is also a symptom of an infection. Please have urine analysis done.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Grzegorz Stanko (1 minute later)

Ok thank you

Answered by Dr. Grzegorz Stanko (1 minute later)

Brief Answer:
You are welcome.

Detailed Answer:
You are welcome.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Grzegorz Stanko (20 minutes later)

Do you think it could be prostitas?

Answered by Dr. Grzegorz Stanko (43 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Yes it could.

Detailed Answer:
That is possible. However for this condition pain is characteristic especially in lower abdomen or rectum.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Grzegorz Stanko (10 minutes later)

No i dont have any pain at all.

Answered by Dr. Grzegorz Stanko (5 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Than that is not it.

Detailed Answer:
Than this is not prostate inflammation.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Grzegorz Stanko (3 minutes later)

How about a kidney stone?

Answered by Dr. Grzegorz Stanko (2 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
This gives also pain.

Detailed Answer:
Kidney stone gives sharp back and lower abdominal pain. The pain is usually pretty strong. So this is not it either.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Grzegorz Stanko (8 minutes later)

So with the fact that i have no pain and my only sympton is this iratable feeling of needing to go for a wee, i dont urinate at night. Do you think it could be just a bacterial infection..

Answered by Dr. Grzegorz Stanko (9 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Yes, it seems so.

Detailed Answer:
Yes, exactly. Moreover it seems to be localized in the urethra.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Grzegorz Stanko (2 minutes later)

I have never had a retractable foreskin, its very tight.. Could tha be causing me to get an infection?

Answered by Dr. Grzegorz Stanko (2 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Yes this is very probable.

Detailed Answer:
Yes, for sure. This condition is called phimosis. It has to be treated with surgery. Otherwise infections will recur.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar