Is peeing every 2-3 hours diabetes symptom-worthy?

Question

I know excessive urination is a sign of diabetes, but what does "excessive" mean, exactly?

Does it mean every 15 minutes?
Or does it mean every 4 hours?

It seems as though no one, not even any diabetics on this site can explain that to me.

Being the biggest hypochondriac in the world, I find myself having the urge to pee every 2-3 hours... yet, when I do not think about peeing, I go about every 4-6 hours.

Do I have a problem? Can someone please give me a little information about this issue? This is the only diabetes symptoms that I have, and I know what all of them are.

Thanks, guys!

Answer 1

OK excess urination would be output greater than input. If you drink 250 ml of water every hour then having to void 250 ml every hour is reasonable! Now GFR (Glomular filtration rate is normally 125 ml per minute producing 1 ml of urin for each 125 filtered. A person typically produces 50 ml or more of urine an hour. an output of 1-3 liters a day is considered normal as long as it is within 600 ml of input ( this accounts for insatiable loss) If you have a small bladder and/or you drink a lot of fluid than this output is absolutely normal (dont forget not everyone has huge bladders and a bladder is nothing more than a baloon created by muscle some people have bladders that can hold large amounts(a liter or more) and some are small holding only a few hundred ml at a time before causing discomfort. Now other issues to be considered are risk factors, age, urinary retention (especially if you are a man, pregnancy for women) Infection, andmany other problems. If you feel that your output is excessive then you need to see your doctor.

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What are you worried about, that doesn't seem excessive? Every 2-3 hours would seem to be a normal time between urination to me. Frequent urination is ONE of the signs of diabetes, but not the only one, but it's a lot more than what you describe. Relax, you sound fine to me - at least as far as diabetes goes - but if you feel that you are urinating more frequently than you used to, then I'd recommend that you be checked out by a doctor. There are disorders other than diabetes that can cause this problem.

Answer 6

I don't think it's diabetes. My mother, two aunts, and brother are all diabetic (incidentally, so was my cat). In my brother's case, he couldn't wait longer than twenty minutes. I read somewhere (sorry, I can't find the source) that anything less than two hours is reason to check with your doctor. Of course, if you've always been able to wait eight hours and suddenly it's down to three, you should still get it checked out. It may just be an age thing (muscles weaken as we age), or problems caused by weight gain. However, it may be a urinary tract infection, or some other problem with the excretory system. Keep in mind that "excessive" doesn't just mean frequency, it also means quantity. If the volume of urine you produce has increased noticeably, definitely get it checked out.

The site below provides information about frequent urination.

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Answer 8

One give away on if your diabetic or not is when you pee. I once went a day only drinking 5 glasses of water and had to go to the bathroom 12-13 times that day. Before I could go a whole day without pee-ing, but before I was diagnosed I couldn't last an hour without having to go. If you're worried go to the doctor and ask for a ketone test, which tells if your body is using insulin like it should.

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