Patient's question:
My son needs to urinate five or six times a night. If he drinks a lot of water at night, he might need to go seven or eight times, otherwise he wets the bed. Could you please tell me how many times is normal for a 20-month-old boy to urinate in a night? Additional question: During the day, sometimes he urinates every two hours on average, and sometimes he goes every once in a while.Doctor's answer:
Urine is a liquid produced by the kidneys in humans and animals and excreted through the urethra; 2. To urinate. Urine (urine) is a liquid containing a large number of metabolic waste products, generated by the kidneys, transported through the ureters, and expelled from the bladder. Its composition: water accounts for 96%-97%, and the rest consists of urea, uric acid, creatinine, ammonia, and other non-protein nitrogen compounds, sulfates, etc. Urine is light yellow in color with a specific gravity of 1.015-1.025. The acidity and alkalinity of urine are greatly influenced by the nature of food, with a pH range of 5.0-7.0, a maximum variation range of pH 4.5-8.0, and an average of 6.0.