Frequent Urination

Frequent urination means needing to urinate more often than usual. Urgent urination is a sudden, compelling urge to urinate, along with discomfort in your bladder.

A frequent need to urinate at night is called nocturia. Most people can sleep for 6 to 8 hours without having to urinate. Middle aged and older men often wake to urinate once in the early morning hours.
Alternative Names
Urgent urination; Urinary frequency or urgency

Common Causes

Together, frequent and urgent urination are classic signs of a urinary tract infection. Since inflammation reduces the bladder’s capacity to hold urine, even small amounts of urine cause discomfort.

Diabetes, pregnancy, and prostate problems are other common causes of these symptoms.

Other causes include:

Interstitial cystitis
Medicines such as diuretics
Overactive bladder syndrome
Prostatitis
Stroke and other neurological diseases
Urinary incontinence

Less common causes:

Bladder cancer
Bladder dysfunction
Radiation therapy

Common causes of nighttime urination:

Drinking too much before bedtime, especially caffeine or alcohol
Enlarged prostate

COVID 19

To Our Patients

These are unprecedented times in healthcare. We want you to be assured that Dr. Wohlfeil and the staff at Reneu are committed to keeping you and our community safe and healthy. We must all do our part to slow the spread of Covid 19. You may be young and healthy and unconcerned, but you will most definitely be in contact with someone who is not. No one in healthcare is panicking, but we are all very concerned that Covid 19 can overwhelm our capacity to care for the sickest and most fragile patients. The simplest things can keep this from happening. Dr. Wohlfeil implemented the CDC guidelines for combating Covid 19 two weeks ago in her office.

These guidelines, of course, are changing daily and we want you – our patients – to rest assured that we will continue to follow any and all recommendations made by the CDC and the Wisconsin State Health Department. Please do not visit our office if you are experiencing any symptoms of Covid 19 which include fever, dry cough and/or flu-like symptoms, or if you have been caring for someone with these symptoms. Dr. Wohlfeil will evaluate you via a phone consultation and make sure you have the proper CDC recommendations for treatment.

When you do visit our office for routine care or Medispa treatments we ask that you use the provided hand sanitizer or wash with anti-bacterial soap. We will be checking temperatures of all patients and visitors. If you have a temperature above 100.0 we will be sending you home with self monitoring guidelines from the CDC. This may seem excessive, but we know that Covid 19 can be spread before symptoms appear. You will see that our usual sanitizing protocols are in place and our staff is up to date on all CDC guidelines for out patient community care.

As you know, things are changing rapidly and our office procedures may need to change. Please watch your emails and our Facebook page.

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Wash up and pray for peace.

Dr. Jill and the Staff at Reneu