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What Causes Frequent Urination?
Question: My mother is 87 yrs of age.she has to wakeup four to five times in the night for urination and thus her sleep is disturbed. Please advise.
Brief Answer:
Please get evaluated for cause
Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXX,
Welcome to HCM, Thanks for posting the question.
The treatment of frequent urination depends on the cause. The common causes of frequent urination are diabetes, urinary infections, medications or neurological diseases. Please consult a physician and get evaluated.
If I were her treating physician what I will do is to check the urine analysis, urine culture, blood sugars first followed by an ultrasound scan of abdomen. I will check clinically for any neurological disease. If all the investigations are normal I will do a uro-dynamic study to check for the nerve supply and muscular action of urinary bladder.
The treatment depends on the cause
Hope I have answered your question. If you have any further questions I will be happy to help.
Regards
Dr Ajish TP
Consultant Endocrinologist
Please get evaluated for cause
Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXX,
Welcome to HCM, Thanks for posting the question.
The treatment of frequent urination depends on the cause. The common causes of frequent urination are diabetes, urinary infections, medications or neurological diseases. Please consult a physician and get evaluated.
If I were her treating physician what I will do is to check the urine analysis, urine culture, blood sugars first followed by an ultrasound scan of abdomen. I will check clinically for any neurological disease. If all the investigations are normal I will do a uro-dynamic study to check for the nerve supply and muscular action of urinary bladder.
The treatment depends on the cause
Hope I have answered your question. If you have any further questions I will be happy to help.
Regards
Dr Ajish TP
Consultant Endocrinologist
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