feel like you have to urinate but can't?
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If a person frequently needs to pee but little comes out when they try to go, it can be due to a urinary tract infection (UTI), pregnancy, an overactive bladder, or an enlarged prostate. Less often, some forms of cancer can cause this.
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Stones that have nearly passed into the bladder may be associated with an intense urge to urinate. Stone pain typically comes and goes. After an initial period of severe pain, you may feel better for a few hours before developing another attack.
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["Feel a sudden urge to urinate that's difficult to control.", 'Experience unintentional loss of urine immediately after an urgent need to urinate (urgency incontinence)', 'Urinate frequently, usually eight or more times in 24 hours.', 'Wake up more than two times in the night to urinate (nocturia)']
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Symptoms of UTIs may include: Strong urge to urinate frequently, even immediately after the bladder is emptied. Painful burning sensation when urinating. Discomfort, pressure, or bloating in the lower abdomen.
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It's considered normal to have to urinate about six to eight times in a 24-hour period. If you're going more often than that, it could simply mean that you may be drinking too much fluid or consuming too much caffeine, which is a diuretic and flushes liquids out of the body.
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Yes, it could be that you've contracted an STD such as chlamydia and gonorrhea. Similar to other bacterial infections of the urinary tract that affect your bladder, these STDs can inflame your urethra, causing a burning sensation. It could be that you're dehydrated.
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['finding it difficult to start peeing.', 'straining to pee.', 'having a weak flow of urine.', '"stop-start" peeing.', 'needing to pee urgently and/or frequently.', 'needing to get up frequently in the night to pee.', 'accidentally leaking urine (urinary incontinence)']
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If you feel the need to urinate more often, especially at night, this can be a sign of kidney disease. When the kidneys filters are damaged, it can cause an increase in the urge to urinate. Sometimes this can also be a sign of a urinary infection or enlarged prostate in men.
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Not everyone with a UTI has symptoms, but most people have at least one. Symptons may include a frequent urge to urinate and a painful, burning feeling in the area of the bladder or urethra during urination. It is not unusual to feel bad all over—tired, shaky, washed out—and to feel pain even when not urinating.
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Your bladder relies on muscles to contract and release when you're ready to urinate. Your brain typically regulates this process, but sometimes the message that you need to urinate isn't sent from your brain to your bladder. This is a condition known as neurogenic bladder.
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Share on Pinterest A frequent urge to urinate is one of the symptoms of a UTI. Men with UTIs may have no signs or symptoms of the infection. However, when symptoms do occur, they can include: pain during urination.
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Urinary tract infections. Symptoms can include a persistent urge to urinate, pain and burning with urination, and extremely strong-smelling urine. For some people, especially older adults, the only sign of illness might be microscopic blood in the urine. Kidney infections (pyelonephritis).
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['Difficulty starting to urinate.', 'Difficulty fully emptying the bladder.', 'Weak dribble or stream of urine.', 'Loss of small amounts of urine during the day.', 'Inability to feel when bladder is full.', 'Increased abdominal pressure.', 'Lack of urge to urinate.']
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Dehydration. Not having enough fluid circulating in the body means the kidneys are more likely to hold onto water, yet release waste products. As a result, the urine may be more concentrated and smell like ammonia. If your urine is darker in color and you're passing only small amounts of urine, you may be dehydrated.
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UTI symptoms typically affect urination. They may cause a burning sensation when you urinate, or you may feel a need to urinate more frequently. Yeast infection symptoms may include pain when urinating, but you'll also experience pain and itchiness in the affected area.
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['Inability to hold urine or leaking urine (called urinary incontinence)', 'Needing to urinate eight or more times in one day.', 'Waking up many times at night to urinate.', 'Sudden and urgent need to urinate.', 'Pain or burning before, during, or after urinating.', 'Cloudy or bloody urine.']
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Chronic stress can cause persistent symptoms, including a persistent urge to frequently urinate. As long as the body is hyperstimulated, it can present symptoms, including those affecting urinary function.