Will my baby urinate frequently? What should I do if my child urinates frequently but the amount of urine is small?

Will your baby urinate frequently? Today, let's talk about how to deal with frequent urination in babies. Here are some common causes and treatments for frequent urination in babies. Frequent urination in babies is not a serious matter. Parents need careful care to restore the baby to health.

Does your baby urinate frequently?

The baby will urinate frequently

Common causes include:

①Urethra and seasonal factors: If you have frequent urination but not much urine each time, and you don’t have any painful expression or other symptoms, you should first consider local factors, such as inflammation of the urethra, excessive foreskin, or pinworms irritating the genitals. In addition, seasonal factors: frequent urination in winter is normal.

②Dietary polyuria: If you have frequent urination and a large amount of urine each time, but no other symptoms, you should first pay attention to whether you drink too much water, especially children who like sugary water.

③ Neurogenic urinary frequency: In young children, the detrusor muscle of the bladder is underdeveloped and the nerves are not sound, so they may have daytime spot polyuria, up to 20 to 30 times, but normal urination at night. There is a tendency for recurring urination, and urine tests are normal. This disease is not caused by inflammation.

④ Urinary tract inflammation: If there is frequent urination, urgency, pain or fever, urinary tract infection should be considered, such as cystitis, pyelonephritis, etc. Pus cells or a large number of white blood cells may be found under the urine microscope. In severe cases, there are symptoms of systemic infection and poisoning, which require antibiotic treatment.

⑤Special diseases: If frequent urination is accompanied by large urine volume, and at the same time there is thirst, polydipsia, polyuria, and weight loss, you should pay attention to check the urine. If the urine contains sugar, you should consider diabetes. If there is no sugar in the urine but the specific gravity is low, you should think of diabetes insipidus.

Baby's neurogenic urinary frequency

Diagnosis of neurogenic urinary frequency includes:

1. Nocturnal urination in children does not increase;

2. The frequency of urination decreases when the mind is focused;

3. When you have the urge to defecate, you may temporarily forget to go to the toilet because of other things that distract your attention;

4. No fever or other systemic discomfort; 5. Multiple urine tests were normal.

For children with short-term neuropsychiatric frequent urination, drug treatment is generally not required. Parents should find out the reasons for the child's psychological tension, such as unwillingness to go to kindergarten, fear of teacher criticism, parents quarreling, etc., and provide targeted comfort and psychological counseling. Do not scold or beat them. Create a relaxed and happy atmosphere to relieve their anxiety and avoid excessive mental tension. In addition, bladder training can be strengthened to divert the child's attention, make the child forget to urinate, and encourage the time between two urinations to be extended as much as possible. In terms of diet, the intake of salt can be appropriately controlled, and less sugar water and high-calorie beverages can be consumed. Eat less oranges and tangerines and other foods that stimulate the bladder, and drink less soup and porridge for dinner. After the above intervention treatment, most children will miraculously heal themselves. For individual children with persistent frequent urination for a long time and affecting their daily life, appropriate medication can be used for intervention.

What to do if your child urinates frequently and in small amounts

Frequent urination is very common in children. There are many reasons for frequent urination, but they can be divided into two categories: pathological (caused by disease) and physiological. Pathological frequent urination may be caused by infection, stones, tumors or foreign bodies, with urinary tract infection being the most common.

After a child has a urinary tract infection, the amount of urine each time is not much, but the frequency of urination increases significantly, and there may be symptoms such as urinary urgency and pain. In addition to physiological frequent urination, such as drinking too much water, cold weather, and ill-fitting pants, the most common type of frequent urination is psychological. Once you find that your child is urinating frequently, you should find out the reason. Don't ask your child nervously about this or that, and don't make a fuss and ask everyone for treatment methods, so as not to reinforce your child's urination.