Why does my child urinate frequently?

From a clinical perspective, if a child urinates too frequently, it is most likely due to inflammation, such as urethritis, cystitis, vulvitis, etc. In addition, urinary tract stones are also a key factor. Experts say that if the baby only urinates frequently during the day, it is not a big problem. It should be neurological urinary frequency. If it also happens at night, you need to pay special attention, as it is very likely that the baby has some of the above-mentioned diseases.

1. Why do children urinate frequently?

1. Inflammatory stimulation is the most common factor, which is mainly manifested in urethritis, cystitis and vulvitis. It is more common in girls than boys. This is related to the difference in the physiological structure of men and women. Girls are more susceptible to bacterial infection, which leads to gynecological inflammation.

2. Urinary stones and foreign bodies are also a common inducing factor. Although the chance of your child developing stones is small, it cannot be ruled out.

3. In addition to disease factors, mental factors are also a very important factor that causes children to urinate frequently. Clinically, many children urinate frequently. After their parents take their children to the hospital for examination, they are found to be free of disease, but they just cannot control their urination. This situation is often related to mental factors and requires detailed examination and targeted treatment.

2. Treatment of frequent urination in children

(1) If a child frequently urinates during the day but rarely wets the bed or gets up at night, the cause of the frequent urination is most likely psychological. This is the same as ADHD. It is actually a psychological abnormality in the child's development process. It is usually related to environmental changes or a specific thing. It is recommended not to use too many drugs, but restraint is the main method. At the beginning, you can stipulate urination every half an hour, and then gradually extend the time limit, and find effective ways to distract the child's attention. It may take a month or even half a year for the child to slowly return to normal.

(2) There are many mental factors, and children cannot express themselves accurately. Only through patient observation by parents can the patterns be discovered. Maybe the child has recovered on his own before the disease is found. However, it should be noted that if frequent urination is accompanied by aggravated symptoms such as pain and hematuria, it is still necessary to go to the pediatric department of the local hospital to find out the real cause of frequent urination and receive symptomatic treatment to avoid delaying the disease.

3. How to prevent children from frequent urination

1. Appropriately control the intake of salt to help the kidneys retain water.

2. Drink boiled water with light salt and low-concentration sugar water, and do not drink large amounts of high-calorie beverages to prevent excessive calorie intake from causing rapid weight gain.

3. People who urinate frequently lose more potassium in the body and should supplement with potassium-rich foods, such as mushrooms, cabbage, beans, peanuts, walnuts, watermelons, bananas, etc.

4. Eat less diuretic foods: such as coix seed, winter melon, lotus leaf, apple cider vinegar, tomato, watermelon, corn silk, kelp, mung bean and hawthorn.

5. For children who frequently urinate at night, the first reason to consider is whether the child drinks a lot of water before going to bed or eats a lot of water-rich foods such as watermelon. A normal human urine cycle is generally about 50 minutes. It is recommended that you stop drinking water about an hour before going to bed.

6. Nervous tension may also be one of the causes of frequent urination, which is mainly caused by tension before going to bed. Relaxing yourself can also help get rid of the problem of frequent urination.

7. Diseases should be treated early. Frequent urination caused by disease requires symptomatic treatment early so that the condition can be completely improved.