Normal urination

WHAT IS THE NORMAL URINATION?

Medical statistics show that many patients with urinary disorders tend to underestimate the existing symptoms of dysuria. Believing that frequent or difficult urination does not pose a danger to their health or is the norm inherent in their age, such patients often ignore the manifestations of the problem for a long time until decompensation of the pathology occurs – acute urinary retention, hematuria, paradoxical ischuria, acute inflammatory process, stone formation, malignant transformation and the formation of renal failure. At such stages, treatment of the disease requires significantly more serious measures, hospitalization, and often surgery, and is not always sufficiently effective. Early diagnosis of urinary disorders is the key to effective treatment.

In order to find out which changes in urination are pathological, and when you need to see a doctor about them, let’s talk about the norm.

Normal urination is usually called when:

  1. Urination is free, unobstructed.
  2. After urination there is no feeling of residual urine in the bladder.
  3. To urinate there is no need to specifically strain or relax, there is either no pause (delay) before urination or does not exceed 4-6 seconds.
  4. The duration of urination does not exceed one minute.
  5. Urination occurs in a stream with sufficient pressure.
  6. Frequency of urination no more than 8 during the day.
  7. Frequency of urination at night no more than 1.
  8. There is no stinging or pain both during and after urination.
  9. The urge to urinate can be delayed. There are no irresistible urges when you need to run to the toilet.
  10. No urinary incontinence, both due to stress (coughing, sneezing, laughing, lifting heavy objects, sexual activity), and due to a strong urge.

Accordingly, any changes in urination in relation to the norm are a pathology and are subject to appropriate diagnosis and, in many cases, treatment. 

It is important to note that there is no age norm for urination! People of advanced age should urinate in the same way (in quantitative and qualitative terms) as young people.

If your urinary disorders are far from the standard described above, you should undergo the necessary further examination and determine the need for treatment. We will be glad to help you with this problem.