Post Date April, 15 2023
I believe many people have had the experience of holding their urine, and sometimes they may not be willing to get up and go to the bathroom due to being lazy in bed in the morning; Sometimes you may not have time to go to the bathroom due to busy work; Sometimes it may be because you can't find the restroom for a while while while shopping; Some may also be unwilling to play games for convenience, etc. Male friends may feel that holding urine will not cause harm to the body, but this seemingly small bad habit can actually cause you big trouble. Let's carefully count the possible hazards of holding urine.
Prostatitis caused by holding urine
Holding urine is one of the causes of prostatitis. In a low-temperature environment, the excitability of the sympathetic nervous system in the prostate gland is significantly enhanced, causing contraction of the prostate gland, causing chronic congestion, and increasing pressure in the urethra. The change of the urethral condition will aggravate the accumulation of prostatic fluid, leading to the onset of prostate disease, causing patients to have frequent urination, urgency, nocturnal urination, pain in urination, perineum, testicular pain and other symptoms. Especially for many elderly patients, the condition will worsen or recur as the temperature decreases.
Cystitis caused by holding urine
Urine affects normal and regular urination function, causing urine to remain in the bladder for too long, increasing the opportunity for bacterial growth and reproduction. Secondly, due to holding urine, the pressure inside the bladder increases, making it easy for bacteria to ascend along the ureter and cause pyelonephritis. Frequent urination makes the bladder dilate and remain full for a long time. As time goes by, the elasticity of the bladder wall decreases, the pressure receptors become sluggish, and the bladder contractility decreases, so that the residual urine in the bladder increases after urination, and even urine retention occurs: because the number of urinations decreases, the water in the urine trapped in the bladder is absorbed again, and the urine is concentrated, and the metabolic waste cannot be discharged out of the body in time, so it is easy to cause cystitis.
Urinary tract inflammation caused by holding urine
In medicine, holding urine is a mandatory retention of urine. Holding urine for a long time can cause more and more urine to accumulate in the bladder, and urine containing bacteria and toxic substances cannot be discharged in a timely manner. At the same time, holding urine can cause bladder swelling, compression of bladder wall blood vessels, ischemia of bladder mucosa, and reduced resistance. Therefore, bacteria will take advantage of the situation and multiply freely, easily causing cystitis.
Holding urine causes male infertility
Male reproductive erection and urination are controlled by the same group of nerves, and prolonged holding of urine can cause excessive pressure on this group of nerves. Once this group of nerves becomes dysfunctional, it is not only related to issues such as painful urination and difficulty urinating, but also can cause male sexual dysfunction such as erectile dysfunction, which can affect fertility and nutrition.
Holding urine will increase the possibility of inducing bladder cancer
Foreign research data show that the frequency of urination is closely related to the incidence rate of bladder cancer. The fewer times of urination, the greater the risk of bladder cancer, because suffocation increases the action time of carcinogen in urine on the bladder. The research report of American scientists shows that people who have the habit of holding their urine are 3-5 times more likely to suffer from bladder cancer in the future.
Holding urine can also cause "heart" disease
Holding urine can cause physiological and psychological tension, increase blood pressure in hypertensive patients, and cause angina and arrhythmia in patients with coronary heart disease. This is like adding fuel to the fire for elderly people who have a history of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
