What tests should women do for frequent urination

Frequent urination is a very common phenomenon for women. The physiological causes are easier to determine, but some frequent urination is caused by pathological factors, which requires special attention. Especially if it persists, it should be taken seriously and checked in a regular hospital to determine the specific cause. So, what tests should women do for frequent urination? Let’s take a look below.

1. Routine blood test: For those who suffer from frequent and urgent urination, a routine blood test is necessary. The white blood cell count of such patients may be slightly or moderately increased, and the erythrocyte sedimentation rate of female patients with urinary tract infection may be accelerated. Patients with chronic pyelonephritis may also have mild anemia symptoms.

2. Urine chemical test: When patients suffer from frequent urination and urgency, they must choose to do a urine chemical test. This method is simple, has a low test positive rate, but rarely has false positives. Because of the high rate of false negatives, this method is of limited value and should not be used as a substitute for quantitative urine bacterial culture.

3. Routine urine examination: For patients, the urine will appear turbid and emit some unpleasant odor.

3. Microscopic examination of urine sediment for white blood cells: Female patients with frequent urination and urgency should undergo microscopic examination of urine sediment for white blood cells. Clinically, the diagnosis is usually made based on the clinical manifestations of urinary tract infection and pyuria examination.

How to diagnose frequent urination in girls

1. Physiological

It is normal to urinate more frequently due to drinking too much water, being stressed or in cold weather. The characteristic is that the amount of urine each time is not small, and it is not accompanied by other symptoms such as frequent urination and urgency.

2. Pathological

The following situations are common:

(1) Polyuria: Frequent urination means the number of urination increases but the amount of urine each time is not small, and the total daily urine volume increases. Seen in diabetes, diabetes insipidus, psychogenic polydipsia and the polyuria phase of acute renal failure.

(2) Inflammatory urinary frequency: Frequent urination with small amount of urine each time, often accompanied by urgency and pain when urinating. Inflammatory cells can be seen in urine microscopy. It is seen in cystitis, urethritis, prostatitis and paraurethral glanditis, etc.

(3) Neurogenic urinary frequency: Frequent urination with small urine volume each time, without urgency or pain, and no inflammatory cells in urine microscopic examination. Seen in central and peripheral neuropathy such as hysteria and neurogenic bladder.

(4) Frequent urination due to reduced bladder capacity is characterized by persistent frequent urination that is difficult to relieve with medication and results in small amounts of urine each time. It is seen in bladder space-occupying lesions; compression of the bladder by the enlarged uterus during pregnancy or ovarian cysts; and fibrous constriction of the bladder caused by bladder tuberculosis.

(5) Lesions around the urethral opening: Urethral polyps, hymenal fimbriae and paraurethral gland cysts, etc., stimulate the urethral opening and cause frequent urination.