Excessive urination in the elderly may be related to excessive drinking, urinary tract infections, renal impairment and prostate enlargement.
1. Drinking too much water: the elderly may drink more water or eat more diuretic foods such as watermelon, which will lead to excessive urination, frequent urination, usually not accompanied by other uncomfortable symptoms.
2. Urinary tract infection: when the elderly have urinary tract infection, the inflammation will stimulate the mucous membrane of the urethra, which can lead to frequent urination, excessive urination, usually accompanied by urinary urgency, urinary pain, lumbago and other symptoms.
3. Renal function impairment: if there is impaired renal tubular filtration and glomerular reabsorption. The kidneys can’t filter urine adequately, which can be manifested as frequent urination, excessive urination, and also accompanied by proteinuria and other symptoms.
4. Prostatic hyperplasia: it is one of the common diseases in middle-aged and elderly men. As men grow older, the testicular function decreases, resulting in an imbalance of hormone balance in the body, resulting in an increase in the size of the prostate gland, which leads to the urethra being compressed, resulting in the urethra of prostatic hyperplasia urethral symptoms, and the main symptoms of frequent urination, urinary urgency, increased nocturia, and urinary difficulties.
Elderly people can also be seen in other causes of urination, it is recommended that patients go to the regular hospital in a timely manner, follow the doctor’s instructions for the relevant examination, with the help of the doctor to clarify the causes, and targeted treatment or treatment, and strive for early recovery.