Treat the cause: Frequent urination, with pain suggests a urinary tract infection. A urine culture can confirm this. The treatment would then be antibiotics. Urinary frequency can also be associated with other diseases such as diabetes, interstitial cystitis, neurological problems altering the bladders innervation, or rarely even bladder tumors. Appropriate testing will sort this out and guide treatment.
Answered 3/26/2013
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Frequency: Persistent urinary frequency needs to be evaluated to rule out intravesical pathology, ie. Disease within the urinary bladder. Once intravesical pathology is excluded attention can be turned to alternate causes. The term flank pain is preferred over "kidney " pain, because pain in that area can be caused by things other than kidney problems. In fact, ddd cause pain in this area and urinary freq.
Answered 11/28/2017
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See your doctor: A primary care physician can evaluate your symptoms most effectively initially because urinary frequency/flank pain can be a manifestation of many things. Possibilities include excessive caffeine/fluid intake, stone, infection, diabetes, and urinary retention among others. A history, physical, and basic tests are necessary to rule certain things out, and a referral to a urologist may help too.
Answered 10/6/2013
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