Holding Your Urine May Put You In Risk Of Five Diseases

When nature calls, sometimes we don’t answer right away. Maybe you’re sitting in a meeting or trying to get through emails. Maybe you’re driving or dealing with a case. We all hold our urine sometimes for many reasons, though we know it’s afflictive. Holding urine occasionally will not affect our health, however, this bad habit will do harm to the urinary system and cause severe diseases. Let see the five urinary diseases that can be caused by holding your urine.  

 

Urinary tract infection (UTI): Holding urine for a long periods of time will increase the urine in the bladder, thus, the bacteria and toxic substances can’t be discharged in time, which will cause UTI. The infection can also spread upward to the kidneys and cause pyelonephritis. What’s worse, the kidney function can be affected. 　　

 

Male infertility: Male erectile function and urinary system is dominated by the same set of nerves. When a man hold his urine for a long time, these nerves will under too much pressure. Once these nerves are under disorders, problems like painful urination and difficulty urinating will appear. And it will also induce sexual dysfunction like impotence, which affects fertility function.   

 

Prostatitis: Holding urine is one of the inducements of prostatitis. It will cause the bladder expanded and then oppress the prostate gland. When holding urine, the urine will backtrack to the prostate gland. The bacteria and toxic substances in the urine will cause infection in prostate  

 

Bladder injury: The nerve that controls the bladder contraction is distributed in the muscle of the bladder wall. If the urine stays in the bladder for a long time, the nerve will be injured because of ischemia or excessive pulling. Thus, it can lead to pain while urinating, urinary frequency and urgency. 

　　

Bladder cancer: Study showed that the micturition frequency is closely related to the incidence of bladder cancer. The less you urinate, the greater the risk of bladder cancer. A full bladder increases the time that carcinogens affects the bladder. People who hold urine frequently has the possibility of bladder cancer for 3 ~ 5 times higher than the averages.  

　　

What should you do if you hold your urine for a long time? It’s necessary to empty the bladder so soon as possible. Then you should drink a large amount of water, which can increase the urination so as to clear the bladder and avoid the growth of bacteria. For those who have got urinary diseases like prostatitis and urinary tract infection, a timely and proper medication treatment is needed. Herbal medicine called Diuretic and Anti-inflammatory Pill can treat these infection effectively. Though these infections are treatable, you still need to pay more attention to the lifestyles. The best way to prevent an infection is to develop a health living habit.