Warning Signs Of Bartter Syndrome

Frequent Urination

Bartter syndrome patients also commonly deal with a frequent need to urinate. The average healthy individual urinates six or seven times within twenty-four hours while drinking two liters of fluids. At the same fluid consumption rate, urinating more than seven times within twenty-four hours is considered frequent urination. Frequent urination can occur for numerous reasons related to bladder malfunction or excessive urine production. Bartter syndrome is defined by a dysfunction of the kidney, causing excessive amounts of salt to be wasted through urine. This wasting of salt should only occur when the kidneys are prompted, like in hypertensive conditions. The reason being that removal of sodium from the blood forces the removal of fluid from the blood, and both are excreted through urine. However, the kidneys affected by Bartter syndrome are unable to reverse the movement of sodium out of the body, causing the production of excessive amounts of urine. The bladder fills up much quicker, prompting the patient to empty it at a greater frequency than that of an unaffected individual.