Symptom: Urinary urgency

Introduction: Urinary urgency

Urinary urgency is the frequent need to urinate, in some cases without much result. For frequent urination of large amounts of urine, see excessive urination, night urination, or frequent urination. For frequent urinary urgency without much urine, see urinary frequency, urinary dribbling, night urination, or reduced urine. Any of these urinary symptoms need prompt professional medical advice.

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Causes of Urinary urgency:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Urinary urgency. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

• Certain substances may irritate the bladder or urethra and cause or aggravate the condition:
  • Alcohol
  • Caffeine
  • NutraSweet
• Bladder conditions
• Bladder stones (type of Urinary stones)
• Bladder irritation
• Interstitial cystitis
• Urge incontinence - see also causes of urge incontinence
• Urinary tract infection
• Blocked urine flow - and the various causes of urine blockages, urine retention or reduced urine such as:
  • Bladder stones (type of Urinary stones)
  • Kidney stones
  • Enlarged prostate
  • Prostate conditions
  • Benign prostate hyperplasia
  • Constipation
• See also causes of urinary frequency, excessive urination, urinary pain, urinary burning or urinary incontinence
• Bladder calculus (see Bladder symptoms)
• Multiple sclerosis
• Reiter's syndrome
• Spinal cord lesion
• Urethral stricture
• Radiation therapy

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Urinary urgency: Multiple Symptom Checker

Listed below are some combinations of symptoms associated with Urinary urgency, as listed in our database. Visit the Multiple Symptoms Checker, to add and remove symptoms and research your condition.

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Multiple Symptom Checker Combinations

• Urinary urgency and Urinary incontinence (25 causes)
• Urinary urgency and Bladder symptoms (24 causes)
• Urinary urgency and Sexual symptoms (24 causes)
• Urinary urgency and Urinary difficulty (24 causes)
• Urinary urgency and Urinary problems (24 causes)
• Urinary urgency and Urinary symptoms (24 causes)
• Urinary urgency and Incontinence (23 causes)
• Urinary urgency and Frequent urination (17 causes)
• Urinary urgency and Nerve symptoms (15 causes)
• Urinary urgency and Pain (15 causes)
• Urinary urgency and Polyuria (15 causes)
• Urinary urgency and Sensations (14 causes)
• Urinary urgency and Urinary burning (12 causes)
• Urinary urgency and Urination pain (11 causes)
• Urinary urgency and Blood in urine (11 causes)
• Urinary urgency and Abdominal symptoms (11 causes)
• Urinary urgency and Digestive symptoms (11 causes)
• Urinary urgency and Urinary pain (10 causes)
• Urinary urgency and Paresthesias (9 causes)
• Urinary urgency and Bleeding symptoms (9 causes)

See full list of 408 Multiple Symptom Checker combinations related to Urinary urgency

Home Diagnostic Testing and Urinary urgency

Home medical tests possibly related to Urinary urgency:

• Bladder & Urinary Health: Home Testing:
  • Home Bladder Tests
  • Home Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) Tests
  • Home Cystitis Tests
  • Home Kidney Tests
  • Home Urine Protein Tests (Kidney Function)
  • Home Prostate Cancer Tests
• Prostate Health: Home Testing:
  • Home Prostate Tests
  • Home PSA Antigen Tests
  • Home Testosterone Tests
• Kidney Health: Home Testing:
  • Home Microalbumin Tests (Kidney)
  • Home Urine Protein Tests (Kidney)
  • Home Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) Tests

Causes of General Symptom Types

Research the causes of these more general types of symptom:

• Urinary symptoms (684 causes)
• Urinary difficulty (419 causes)
• Urinary incontinence (154 causes)
• Urinary problems (640 causes)
• Bladder symptoms (617 causes)
• Incontinence (156 causes)
• Sexual symptoms (1201 causes)

Causes of Similar Symptoms to Urinary urgency

Research the causes of these symptoms that are similar to, or related to, the symptom Urinary urgency:

• Urinary symptoms (684 causes)
• Incontinence (156 causes)
• Urinary pain (109 causes)
• Urinary burning (60 causes)
• Urination symptoms (684 causes)
• Urination pain (148 causes)

Diagnostic Guides for Urinary urgency

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Misdiagnosis and Urinary urgency

Interstitial cystitis an under-diagnosed bladder condition: The medical condition of interstitial cystitic is a bladder condition that can be misdiagnosed as various conditions such as overactive bladder or other causes of pelvic pain. This condition can cause chronic pelvic pain or symptoms of urinary incontinence, similar to overactive bladder. Millions of patients may be misdiagnosed - an estimated third of the 9 million women with chronic pelvic pain (CPP) or 4.5 million of the 17 million women with overactive bladder syndrome do not respond well to treatment, and may have interstitial cystitis rather than their given diagnosis. In other words, about 6 million US women may have misdiagnosed interstitial cystitis. See interstitial cystitis or overactive bladder, or incontinence....read more »

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Stories from Users for Urinary urgency

Real-life user stories relating to Urinary urgency:

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• constant urge to urinate

Symptom specific forums: The following patient stories in our interactive forums and message boards relate to Urinary urgency or relevant symptoms:

• Genitourinary (The urination system) (138)
  • Burning In Penis After Urination. Std/urine Culture = Negative
  • Blood in urine (hematuria)
  • I KEEP PEEING AND I DONT KNOW WHY!! Iplease some1 help me
  • Excessive Burping..
  • Swollen (enlarged)Kidneys, normal blood tests (no stones)Dr.'s not helping
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• Musculoskeletal (Muscles, joints and bones) (405)
  • Joint and muscular pain after taking chantix
  • Arm pain after sneezing
  • Fibromyalgia
  • Joint swelling, stiffness, severe foot pain
  • Muscle twitches/spasms
  • More user stories
• Neurological (Nerves) (357)
  • Could this be MS?
  • Numbness and tingling all over
  • Tingling/numbness in arms/hands/legs/face/head [more symptoms]
  • Eye twitch
  • Essential tremor
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• Allergic/Immunologic (88)
  • Chronic hives
  • Spontaneous flushing and redness of face and body.
  • Non-stop itching, no rash
  • Swelling & itching
  • Problems with my scalp can anyone help me
  • More user stories

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Medications or substances causing Urinary urgency:

The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible causes of Urinary urgency as a symptom. Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using, including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.

• Quinidine
• Cardioquin
• Quinaglute Dura-Tabs
• Quinalan
• Quinidex

See full list of 7 medications causing Urinary urgency

Organs affected by Urinary urgency:

The list of organs typically affected by Urinary urgency may include, but is not limited to:

• Bladder
• Kidney

Detailed list of causes of Urinary urgency

The list below shows some of the causes of Urinary urgency mentioned in various sources:

• Acute bacterial prostatitis - urinary urgency
• Alcohol
• Ataxia, spastic, 3, autosomal recessive - urinary urgency
• Benign prostate hyperplasia - urinary urgency
• Bladder calculus

See full list of 38 causes of Urinary urgency

How Common are these Causes of Urinary urgency?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Urinary urgency. Of the 38 causes of Urinary urgency that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

• 0 causes are "very common" diseases
• 5 causes are "common" diseases
• 3 causes are "uncommon" diseases
• 0 causes are "rare" diseases
• 3 causes are "very rare" diseases
• 29 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 38 causes of Urinary urgency

Conditions listing symptoms: Urinary urgency:

The following list of conditions have 'Urinary urgency' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

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Causes of Urinary urgency Based on Risk Factors

This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Urinary urgency based on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient: