Bladder Capacity 14-16 year old??!
Question: Bladder Capacity 14-16 year old!?!?
It may seem strange why I want to know this!.!.!.long story
I need to know, is there a formula or any information to determine what the maximum bladder capacity (capacity at night when sleeping) and normal capacity when the urge to pee would occur!. I am a 15 year old male, about 195 lbs and about 6 feet tall if that matters!. I would like information that applies to 14-16 year old people and what normal would be for that age group!. Thanks alot, any info appreciated!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
I need to know, is there a formula or any information to determine what the maximum bladder capacity (capacity at night when sleeping) and normal capacity when the urge to pee would occur!. I am a 15 year old male, about 195 lbs and about 6 feet tall if that matters!. I would like information that applies to 14-16 year old people and what normal would be for that age group!. Thanks alot, any info appreciated!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
The standard formula for "normal" nocturnal bladder capacity in children is about 1 ounce (or 30 ml) per year of age, plus 1 or 2 ounces!. So, at age 15 the "average" capacity would be about 15-17 ounces, or about 1 pint (480 mL in metric units)!. This is pretty close to the typical adult capacity which can run anywhere from 16 to 24 ounces (1 to 1!.5 pints)!. Anything smaller than your age in ounces (15 ounces at age 15) is considered "small" and may mean that you would have to wake up and use the bathroom during the night to avoid wetting the bed!. Everyone's body is different, though, and these numbers may not exactly apply to you!. At 6 feet and 195 pounds you're maybe a little big for the average 15 year old, so you might expect your bladder to be proportionally a little bigger too (closer to the adult range)!. However, your body is also still growing and sometimes the body as a whole can grow faster than the bladder, or vice versa!
During the daytime, most people get the initial urge to pee when the bladder is at about 1/2 to 2/3 of its maximum capacity!. The bladder will naturally hold on a little longer at night, though, to give it time to send signals to the brain to try to wake you up to get to the bathroom!. To figure out the amount your bladder can hold at night while sleeping, you should hold back the urge to pee while awake until you get to the point where you can no longer hold it in without straining (crossing your legs, "doing the dance", or whatever else you do to hold it in!)!. These types of movements to hold urine in don't happen while you're asleep because they require conscious muscle control -- so if those movements are the only thing allowing you to hold it in, then if you were asleep your bladder wouldn't be able to hold it and you'd wet the bed!. Then you would pee into something that will allow you to measure the volume (like a measuring cup that isn't needed for cooking, or a plastic bottle with markings on the side)!. That amount of urine is approximately your nocturnal baldder capacity!. Another method is to hold it without straining until the first drop of urine leaks out involuntarily (this is what the doctor had me do when i was a kid -- the bladder will first release a few drops at a time before losing control completely)!.
I hope this is helpful to you!. If you're struggling with bedwetting (or needing to pee during the night), you're not alone -- I had the same problem at your age (I know all this stuff because the doctors explained it all to me while I was going through it!) and there are *millions* of teens and even young adults throughout the world who have exactly the same problem! If your bladder is smaller than it should be, your doctor can help you with ways to help it "catch up" -- or there are alarms that can help you wake up in time to get to the bathroom during the night no matter how small your bladder is!.
Good luck -- if you want to know anything more about any of this, please feel free to send me an email through my profile!Www@Answer-Health@Com
During the daytime, most people get the initial urge to pee when the bladder is at about 1/2 to 2/3 of its maximum capacity!. The bladder will naturally hold on a little longer at night, though, to give it time to send signals to the brain to try to wake you up to get to the bathroom!. To figure out the amount your bladder can hold at night while sleeping, you should hold back the urge to pee while awake until you get to the point where you can no longer hold it in without straining (crossing your legs, "doing the dance", or whatever else you do to hold it in!)!. These types of movements to hold urine in don't happen while you're asleep because they require conscious muscle control -- so if those movements are the only thing allowing you to hold it in, then if you were asleep your bladder wouldn't be able to hold it and you'd wet the bed!. Then you would pee into something that will allow you to measure the volume (like a measuring cup that isn't needed for cooking, or a plastic bottle with markings on the side)!. That amount of urine is approximately your nocturnal baldder capacity!. Another method is to hold it without straining until the first drop of urine leaks out involuntarily (this is what the doctor had me do when i was a kid -- the bladder will first release a few drops at a time before losing control completely)!.
I hope this is helpful to you!. If you're struggling with bedwetting (or needing to pee during the night), you're not alone -- I had the same problem at your age (I know all this stuff because the doctors explained it all to me while I was going through it!) and there are *millions* of teens and even young adults throughout the world who have exactly the same problem! If your bladder is smaller than it should be, your doctor can help you with ways to help it "catch up" -- or there are alarms that can help you wake up in time to get to the bathroom during the night no matter how small your bladder is!.
Good luck -- if you want to know anything more about any of this, please feel free to send me an email through my profile!Www@Answer-Health@Com
Not that I am aware of!. Unlike the gas tank in a car, the bladder does not come with any gage that screams full or empty!. Likewise as we are all individuals, different genes, not sure we all have the same size bladders!. If you are having to get up at night, then cut down on what your drink after 6pm!. Best of LuckWww@Answer-Health@Com