The patient reports urinating at frequent intervals, approximately every few minutes. Which term best describes this finding?

• A. Frequency
• B. Urgency
• C. Dysuria
• D. Hematuria

Answer: (A)

The key idea is urinary frequency, which describes needing to urinate more often than normal. Saying you urinate every few minutes fits with increased frequency because the defining feature is how often voiding occurs, not how much urine is produced or other symptoms.

Urgency is a sudden, compelling need to void that may be hard to defer, but it doesn’t by itself specify how often you void. Dysuria means painful or difficult urination, and hematuria means there is blood in the urine. None of those capture the pattern of repeatedly voiding in a short time, which is why frequency is the best term here.