what does it mean when a man has to keep peeing?
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Urinary tract infection. A UTI is actually considered to be the most common cause of frequent urination. When nefarious bacteria creep into your bladder, urethra, or kidneys, they can cause a variety of symptoms, including the need to pee often.
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Holding your urine for too long can weaken the bladder muscles over time. This can lead to problems such as incontinence and not being able to fully empty your bladder. Holding your urine for extremely long periods of time can also cause urinary tract infections due to bacteria build-up.
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These are food and drinks that can cause you to produce more urine, such as caffeinated and carbonated beverages, spicy food, artificial sweeteners and some acidic fruit and juice. Eat more fiber. This will help you avoid getting constipated (which can led to frequent urination due to pressure on bladder muscles).
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The most common cause of urinary hesitancy in older men is an enlarged prostate. Almost all older men have some trouble with dribbling, weak urine stream, and starting urination. Another common cause is infection of the prostate or urinary tract.
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Frequent urination or urinary incontinence You may also feel a constant need to urinate even without a full bladder, or experience painful urination. This is because during menopause, the tissues in your vagina and urethra lose their elasticity and the lining thins. The surrounding pelvic muscles may also weaken.
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There is no normal amount of times to pee on a daily basis. Frequent urination is usually defined as having to go more frequently than you normally do. If that's the case, it could be a sign that something is wrong. Urinating more often than normal can result from a number of different factors.
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Frequent urination can also develop as a habit. However, it can be a sign of kidney or ureter problems, urinary bladder problems, or another medical condition, such as diabetes mellitus, diabetes insipidus, pregnancy, or prostate gland problems.
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Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) One of the most common causes of feeling the urge but being unable to pee are UTIs. These occur about four times more frequently in women than men. UTIs are caused when bacteria — most commonly E. coli — spread to the genitalia from the anal region or elsewhere.
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Increase in frequency 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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An increased urge to urinate can be a result of the baby's head dropping into the pelvis. The low position of the baby's head puts even more pressure on the urinary bladder, so many women approaching labor might feel a frequent need to urinate.
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Causes of Frequent Urination Frequent urination can be a symptom of many different problems from kidney disease to simply drinking too much fluid. When frequent urination is accompanied by fever, an urgent need to urinate, and pain or discomfort in the abdomen, you may have a urinary tract infection.
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Frequent urination at night may be a sign of hypertension. A new study conducted in Japan found that the need to urinate in the night, called nocturia, may be linked to hypertension and high salt intake.
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A consistent and strong urge to urinate When your bladder and urethra are inflamed, this mucks up the receptors that signal when you need to pee. Pain or burning while urinating Bacteria irritates the lining of the urinary tract, which then spurs inflammation that can cause an unpleasant sensation.
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The study shows that urinary tract problems caused by an enlarged prostate, such as getting up many times during the night to urinate, may be associated with erectile dysfunction and other problems relating to sex in older men. They say these two extremely frequent conditions may share a common cause.
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Urinary retention is a condition in which your bladder doesn't empty completely even if it's full and you often feel like you really have to urinate. There are two forms of urinary retention — acute and chronic. Urinary retention affects both men and women, but it occurs more often in men, especially as they get older.
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If you can't pass urine even though you feel the need to, and your bladder is full, that is known as urinary retention. It can last for a short time or a long time. It needs to be treated, as it can cause kidney damage or other serious complications.