Symptom: Urinary urgency

Urinary urgency: Excessive or frequent urges to urinate
Introduction: 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.

Detailed cause information for symptom: Urinary urgency:

Possible causes of symptom: Urinary urgency (22 conditions)

Medical conditions causing symptom: Urinary urgency (11 conditions)

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Symptoms related to Urinary urgency: urinary symptoms (104), incontinence (28), urinary pain (30), urinary burning (12), urination symptoms (104), urination pain (30)
Urinary urgency type of: Urinary symptoms (104), Urinary difficulty (79), Urinary incontinence (35)
Symptoms: symptom center, symptom groups, symptom descriptions

Possible causes of symptom: Urinary urgency: The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Urinary urgency as a symptom. 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 (type of Urinary 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

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.