What is the reason for frequent urination and less urination in babies?

Some parents may find that their babies have frequent urination and little urine. They have to get up to go to the toilet every once in a while at night, but they can’t urinate much each time. This has a great impact on the child’s sleep, and the child feels very uncomfortable. Parents will be even more worried, and they don’t know what’s going on with their children’s frequent urination and little urine. Let’s take a look at the reasons why babies urinate frequently and have little urine.

Frequent urination and small amount of urine in children are both problems with the urethra opening. Most boys have foreskin that is too long, covering the glans penis. Sometimes there is urea in the foreskin, which causes frequent urination due to stimulation. The foreskin should be turned up frequently and cleaned. The main manifestation of neurogenic urinary frequency is an increase in the number of urinations per day without an increase in urine volume, and a routine urine test is normal. The frequency of urination increases from the normal 6 to 8 times a day to 20 to 30 times, or even more than 10 times per hour, and the amount of urine is very small each time, sometimes only a few drops. After falling asleep, the frequent urination completely disappeared. When playing with favorite toys or watching favorite TV during the day, frequent urination is significantly reduced. Frequent urination often increases significantly before going to bed and during meals.

Children with neurogenic urinary frequency have no organic diseases in their urinary system, their bladder capacity is normal, and their sphincter's ability to control urination is also sound. The main reason is that the cerebral cortex of children is not yet fully developed, and the inhibitory function on the primary urination center of the spinal cord is poor. Moreover, this function is the most fragile and easily damaged. This is the inherent reason why children are susceptible to this disease. Being frightened and mentally stressed often lead to nervous dysfunction, which often causes the occurrence of this disease. It is often caused by acute stress or anxiety such as the sudden death of a family member, changes in environment (such as entering a new nursery, kindergarten, hospitalization, etc.), sudden departure from parents, fear of injections, etc. In addition, excessive fluid intake and the use of diuretics, such as caffeine and theatrical alkaloids, can also cause frequent urination.

Parents don’t need to be too nervous if they find their children have this condition. We should guide children patiently and tell them that they are healthy and that the symptoms of frequent urination will soon improve, so as to eliminate the negative psychological factors in children.

Parents should encourage their children to use their willpower to hold back when they want to urinate, and to extend the time between urinations as much as possible to reduce the frequency of urination. And record the longest time between two urinations each day, and give rewards if there is any improvement. The doctor's confidence and encouragement will significantly improve the child's symptoms. Most children will be miraculously cured within a few days of treatment. Atropine should be used at the same time, which can relax the detrusor muscle of the bladder, contract the sphincter, increase the bladder's urine storage capacity, and reduce the frequency of urination.

The reasons why babies have frequent urination and little urination have been explained above. I hope that parents can get some help. If your child has such a situation, you can also use some of the methods mentioned above to solve it. If the baby's frequent urination and little urination cannot be alleviated for a long time, then parents should take the baby to the hospital for relevant treatment in time. Don't delay it like this, it will be bad for the baby's health.