Anxiety and nervousness increase urination frequency via sympathetic nervous system activation
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Clinical and review evidence indicates that anxiety and psychological stress contribute to lower urinary tract symptoms such as increased urination frequency, with the sympathetic and central nervous systems playing key mediating roles.
Evidence for · 3
Chronic psychological stress and lower urinary tract symptoms
2021 · cited by 61
Reviews evidence showing that psychological stress and anxiety lead to lower urinary tract symptoms, including urinary frequency, through central and peripheral mechanisms.
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Evaluation of psychological stress, cortisol awakening response, and heart rate variability in patients with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome complicated by lower urinary tract symptoms and erectile dysfunction
2022 · cited by 16
Finds that psychological stress scores and autonomic nervous system imbalance significantly correlate with the severity of lower urinary tract symptoms.
Sympathetic nervous system and dysfunction of the lower urinary tract
1986 · cited by 2
Discusses the 'anxious bladder syndrome' and notes psychophysiological support for the hypothesis that the sympathetic nervous system affects bladder and urethral function.