Warning Signs Of Peritoneal Cancer

Frequent Urination

Malignancy in an individual's peritoneum can cause them to experience frequent urination as a manifestation of their cancer. A healthy individual typically empties their bladder between four and eight times each day. When the urge to urinate suddenly appears, healthy individuals are usually able to keep urine from leaving their bladder until they can get to a restroom. Frequent urination is medically defined by an individual who urinates more than eight times every day. The bladder is a muscular structure in the lower abdomen and pelvic area responsible for housing the urine produced by the kidneys until it is ready to be expelled. When there is little to no urine in the bladder, it shrinks into a somewhat flattened shape and expands as more urine moves into it from the kidneys. A typical human bladder has the capacity to hold between sixteen and twenty-four ounces of urine. The actual urge to urinate occurs when urine has occupied around a quarter of the bladder's capacity. However, individuals who have a cancerous tumor growing in their peritoneum have less space in their abdominal cavity for urine to occupy. The result of this malfunction is a decrease in the amount of urine the bladder is able to hold all together. This mechanism causes the patient to have the urge to urinate when one-fourth of its reduced maximum capacity has been met.

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