Water

[jennyjoan]

I know they say drinking loads of water helps you to urinate but are there other things to take to help as I find with the water I drink I should be going like Niagara Falls. No pain or anything just a thimble full - my friend will go up to the bath room - sighing (coming down) oh God that was a flood and a half. I would never get that. I have bought Cranberry and Apple juice just an hour ago but haven't tried it. Anything elese out there thanks.

[Sqad]

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Body-and-Soul/Health-and-Fitness/Question1433395.html

How many more times?

[jennyjoan]

no more times Sqad - but was only asking for an otc (ie tablet from the pharmacy) cos the answers I got didn't give me any pills.

[Sqad]

....Right....

[jennyjoan]

you don't sound a happy camper today Sqad -

[ummmm]

How much are you actually drinking? Do you drink much alcohol?

[Mamyalynne]

Try some pelvic floor exercises they help you to hold longer and thereby get a better flow when you do go.

[Sqad]

Mamy...she has already bee advised to do this......see link above.
We seem to be going round in circles.

[woofgang]

Are you bloating out? puffy legs? puffy fingers? swollen abdomen? puffy face? because if you aren't holding the liquid then whatever you think, you MUST be passing it as urine. have you actually tried peeing into a jug and measuring what you pass? How much are you actually drinking over 24 hours.Measured, not what you estimate.

[ummmm]

And if water is being retained then it's a visit to the GP. You can't get the meds over the counter.

[Mamyalynne]

Yes Sqad,I answered the last time - I'm a trier. :-)

[EDDIE51]

If it is going in it has to be coming out, unless you are swelling up like a balloon waiting to burst. How much water are you actually drinking

Should be at least 4 pints a day. Water in this context means any drink like fruit juice or soft drinks but not tea or coffee.
Are you actually drinking that amount of water?
There was a person on here a while back who thought 2 small cups of tea a day was enough!
When you do 'pee' is it yellow? It should be almost clear . unless that is the case you are not drinking enough water.

[jennyjoan]

Mamy God loves a tryer LOL - yes pp is good colour - my a$se is always big and bloating so I couldn't tell the difference there.

ok - will stop complaining and get on with drinking more and more water perhaps

[jennyjoan]

yes woofgang I must admit last night I did measure into an old jug and I could say it would have been one litre and little more

[EDDIE51]

From your previous question, you say you pee 'many times a day' but it is only an 'eggcup' I think you are peeing just as much as you should but in small amounts. It is not daft, you need to measure how much you drink and how much you pee. measure the dink in a pint or half pint glass and pee into a measuring jug, do not just guess it is an 'eggcup full' you may be surprised how much it actually is.

[Hypognosis]

@jennyjoan

Water in = water out, one way or another.

Other variables to consider:
i) are you in a hot climate?
ii) are you in the gym or exercising outdoors a lot?

Water lost through sweating might account for where most of your 2 litres per day intake is going.

In fact, if the climate is hot but windy, you would get dehydrated by evaporation losses even without doing strenuous exercise. To just walk through a desert zone, it is reckoned a person would need upwards of 4 litres per day and they'd barely need to urinate more than once a day.

[EDDIE51]

^^^ How old do you think water is?
Water has been on Earth for 100s of billions of years, it is the same water now that was around at the time of the dinosaurs 450 million years ago. There is no new water only the same water that has been on Earth for billions of years it just gets recycled over and over again!

[northcliffe]

The amount you pass can vary enormously, perhaps a litre or 2 litres a day. Don't drink fruit juices. Cranberry tablets are best for keeping a healthy bladder and avoiding infection such as cystitis. AS long as you are not retaining urine you are OK

[woofgang]

If you are peeing a litre that's fine. Does your bladder feel irritated or do you just "think" you should be going more?