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Frequent Urination Prostate Gland
Frequent urination means needing to urinate more often than usual. Urgent urination is a sudden, compelling urge to urinate, along with discomfort in your bladder.
A frequent need to urinate at night is called
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Urgent urination; Urinary frequency or urgency
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