Why do children urinate frequently during the day?

Many children have certain problems with frequent urination. If frequent urination always occurs during the day, it is very likely that the child suffers from neurogenic frequent urination. Neurogenic urinary frequency needs to be treated with reasonable methods, otherwise the child's urinary frequency symptoms will only become more and more serious. Next, I will introduce to you the causes, clinical manifestations and treatments of neurogenic urinary frequency!

1. Causes

Children with neurogenic urinary frequency do not have organic lesions.

The main causes of this disease are: ① The cerebral cortex of children is not yet fully developed, and the inhibitory function of the primary urination center of the spinal cord is poor, which is easily affected by adverse external stimuli and has disorders; ② There are some factors in children's lives that cause mental tension and adverse stimulation to their mental state. For example, changes in living environment, children's lack of psychological preparation for entering kindergarten or school, being fostered by others, sudden separation of parents, death of relatives, fear of exams or fear of certain animals, etc. These may make children nervous and anxious, causing the function of inhibiting urination to be impaired, resulting in frequent and urgent urination.

2. Clinical manifestations

Neurogenic urinary frequency refers to non-infectious urinary frequency and urgency. It is an independent disease in pediatrics. The affected children are generally between 2 and 11 years old, and mostly occur in preschool children. The symptoms are frequent urination, every 2 to 10 minutes, urgency, and inability to hold back once the urge to urinate is present. Younger children often wet their pants because of this, which may lead to urinary tract infection or genital eczema.

The frequency of urination may increase from 6 to 8 times a day to 20 to 30 times, or even more than 10 times an hour, and the amount of urine each time is very small, sometimes only a few drops. There is no frequent urination after sleeping. This symptom of frequent urination often worsens before going to bed, during meals, and in class.

3. Treatment Methods

1. Eliminate the influence of disease.

2. Parents should guide their children correctly and patiently to eliminate their worries; they should actively encourage their children to eliminate their fear and worry, and keep a relaxed and happy mood to face the disease.

3. If necessary, use drug treatment under the guidance of a doctor; drugs such as atropine, scopolamine, 654-2, oryzanol, etc. can help regulate nerves to relax the detrusor muscle of the bladder, contract the sphincter, increase the bladder's urine storage capacity, and reduce the frequency of urination.