I am getting frequent urination and got urine culture tested and the test is normal. What can be the other reason of frequent urination.

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Lifestyle-based causes include drinking a lot of fluids, especially if they contain caffeine or alcohol. At night, this can interrupt the sleep cycle with urges to urinate. Frequent urination can also develop as a habit. However, it can be a sign of kidney or ureter problems, urinary bladder problems, or another medical condition, such as diabetes mellitus, diabetes insipidus, pregnancy, or prostate gland problems. Other causes or related factors include: anxiety medication, for example, diuretics that make you urinate fluid from your body stroke and other brain or nervous system conditions urinary tract infection tumor or mass in the pelvic area interstitial cystitis, a type of inflammation of the bladder wall overactive bladder (OAB) syndrome, which causes involuntary bladder contractions that lead one to feel a sudden urge to have to urinate bladder cancer bladder or kidney stones urinary incontinence urethral stricture radiation of the pelvis, such as during cancer treatment colon diverticulitis, where small, bulging outpouching sacs develop in the wall of the large intestine a sexually transmitted infection (STI), such as chlamydia.

Karuna Chawla · Accepted Answer

Lifestyle-based causes include drinking a lot of fluids, especially if they contain caffeine or alcohol. At night, this can interrupt the sleep cycle with urges to urinate. Frequent urination can also develop as a habit. However, it can be a sign of kidney or ureter problems, urinary bladder problems, or another medical condition, such as diabetes mellitus, diabetes insipidus, pregnancy, or prostate gland problems. Other causes or related factors include: anxiety medication, for example, diuretics that make you urinate fluid from your body stroke and other brain or nervous system conditions urinary tract infection tumor or mass in the pelvic area interstitial cystitis, a type of inflammation of the bladder wall overactive bladder (OAB) syndrome, which causes involuntary bladder contractions that lead one to feel a sudden urge to have to urinate bladder cancer bladder or kidney stones urinary incontinence urethral stricture radiation of the pelvis, such as during cancer treatment colon diverticulitis, where small, bulging outpouching sacs develop in the wall of the large intestine a sexually transmitted infection (STI), such as chlamydia.

Sudin S R · Answer

Urine culture may be positive in only 70% of cases of uti. Other causes of frequency are stress, over active bladder syndrome. If you have tension, reduce it. You can do kegels exercise.