Frequent urination · Alpharetta / Roswell office
Needing to go again and again can wear you down, day and night.
It is common, it has causes we can look for, and our Alpharetta / Roswell team is glad to help. A visit starts with your pattern, your fluids and a urine test, then a plan that follows the cause.
What does frequent urination during the day involve?
Going far more often than you used to, or feeling you always need to know where the restroom is, is worth a visit, especially when it changes your work or plans. The pattern itself is useful information, which is why a short log of drinks and bathroom visits helps.
What is nocturia?
Getting up to urinate twice or more each night is called nocturia. Broken sleep adds up, and it is a fair reason to come in. Men and women both get it, sometimes for different reasons, which we sort out at the visit.
What can be behind it?
An overactive bladder, a urinary infection, diabetes, an enlarged prostate in men, menopause changes in women, and plenty of caffeine or fluid can all play a part. Atrial fibrillation and some heart medicines can also make you urinate more. We look at the whole picture rather than guessing from one symptom.
From our articles: AFib and Frequent Urination · Why Do I Have to Pee All the Time? · Nocturia in Women vs. Men
What happens at a visit for frequent urination?
We ask about your fluids, habits and medicines, examine you, and usually test a urine sample. Noting your drinks and bathroom visits for several days before you come helps a great deal. Because laboratory testing is in this building, that first look can often happen during the same appointment.
What treatments may come next?
The plan follows the cause. If the picture points to an overactive bladder, see bladder control care. If an enlarged prostate is involved, see enlarged prostate treatment and UroLift.
What treatments are there for overactive bladder?
Many people start with bladder training and cutting back on caffeine, alcohol and spicy foods, and medicines are the next step for some. If those do not help enough, Advanced Urology offers bladder Botox, sacral nerve stimulation (InterStim) and the Altaviva tibial implant, which our urologists explain at your visit. We do not offer needle PTNS.
Related video
Three Advanced Urology videos on frequent urination and overactive bladder:
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For education, not medical advice. Every treatment has risks and benefits. Emergency? Call 911 or go to an emergency room.
Whenever you’re ready, our Alpharetta / Roswell team would be glad to hear from you.