Q:
What should we know about urinary retention?
A:
If you have urinary retention, you are unable to completely empty your bladder. This short article will tell about its types, symptoms, and causes.
Types:
- Acute (It may threaten people’s lives)
- Chronic (You usually aren’t aware of it until you are diagnosed with urinary incontinence or urinary tract infection)
Symptoms:
Acute:
- Unable to pee
- Discomfort in the lower abdomen
- Urgent and painful urge to pass urine
Chronic:
- Weak stream of urine
- Still feel the urge to pee after urination
- Have difficulty forming a urine stream
- Frequent need to pee
Causes:
- Nerve problems. If your nerves controlling the sphincters and bladder are damaged, your brain can’t receive the signal that your bladder needs emptying.
- A blocked urethra. This may be caused by conditions such as urinary tract stones, rectocele, and benign prostatic hyperplasia.
- Bladder muscles becoming weak. Weakened bladder muscles fail to empty the bladder completely.
Medications. Some medicines may keep nerve signals from getting to the bladder and prostate.
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