What causes the inability to sleep at night and constantly feeling the need to urinate?
Feb 25, 2023
Source: Cainiu Health
Dr. Zhou Chao
Introduction
Insomnia at night with frequent urges to urinate may be due to heightened mental tension or anxiety, leading to excessive bladder contractions, or from drinking too much fluid before bedtime, causing the bladder to fill quickly. It could also result from unprotected sex or urethral injury, allowing pathogens to infect and cause urethritis. Additionally, an overly sensitive bladder or unstable detrusor muscle may lead to overactive bladder syndrome.
Trouble sleeping at night with frequent urges to urinate may be caused by physiological factors or pathological conditions such as urethritis or overactive bladder syndrome.
1. Physiological Factors
This may result from high levels of mental stress or anxiety, leading to excessive bladder contractions, or from drinking too much fluid before bedtime, causing the bladder to fill quickly.
2. Pathological Factors
1) Urethritis
Urethritis may occur due to factors such as unhygienic sexual intercourse or urethral injury, which lead to infection by pathogens and inflammatory changes in the urethral mucosa, resulting in symptoms like urgency and frequency of urination.
2) Overactive Bladder Syndrome
This condition, primarily characterized by urinary urgency, may be caused by increased bladder sensitivity or detrusor muscle instability.
In addition, conditions such as glomerulonephritis could also be responsible. It is recommended to promptly determine the underlying cause and initiate appropriate symptomatic treatment for relief.
