The Effect Of Holding In Urine For Too Long In Your Bladder

We will admit that of a truth we are guilty of this act, as situations make us do it even when we don’t want to. It happens sometimes when we are traveling on a bus, seating for an exam, sleeping, and many other situations that make us delay this nature`s call.

But does holding in urine for a long time, has any negative effect on our body? This is what this piece of information is all about.

The Bladder

This muscular sac is the place where urine is stored after being produced by the kidney. The sac helps to control urination by making it not frequent. It is lined with elastic muscular tissue which helps to hold the urine.

The bladder can hold 500-600 ml of urine which is about two cups of pee. When the bladder becomes filled up to this capacity, it sends a message to the brain for action. But we receive this signal and ignore it, even when will feel the hot sensation to do so. Making this a habit can pretty lead to a serious problem.

Urine

These are liquid waste products of metabolism in the human body. They contain water, urea, carbon, nitrogen, hydrogen, and oxygen. Some of these constituents like urea are harmful to the body system and have to be passed out through urine.

The Effect of Holding in your Urine

It can cause the bladder volume to increase beyond normal

The excess urine accumulated in the bladder as a result of not getting to pee on time can make your muscular sac to stretch beyond the normal volume. This creates a problem for the bladder muscle by making them unable to contract when you want to pee.

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Formation of kidney stones

Making the urine to stay too long in your bladder can lead to the chemical compound constituent of the urine to begin to form stone-like particles. These stones form, most especially when there is a high mineral content present in your urine.

The major effect of these stones is that it causes urethra blockage, meaning that you will start having difficulties or sharp pain when trying to pee. When you begin to notice these symptoms frequently, please see your doctor for proper medical checkup.

Pain

Holding in your urine for long can also cause you pain. I think we have all experienced this, it occurs when we tend to ignore the call to do the needful, and soon enough we start feeling pain around our bladder. This pain goes down immediately we use the restroom.

Cause of infection

Not using the restroom on time when you feel the urge to pee overtime can expose you to infections like the Urinary Tract Infection (UTI). This case is common with women.

Affect Urethral Sphincter

Urethra sphincter is one of the muscles that make up the pelvic floor muscle. This muscle helps to keep the urethra closed to prevent urine from leaking. Having urine longer than normal in your bladder can affect this muscle.

Can this make the bladder to burst?

Sometimes the situation can become so severe that we begin to feel that the bladder will burst. This is a very rare case, but it is possible.

The Effect Of Holding In Urine For Too Long In Your Bladder

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Raphael Osas Okhueleigbe is a Blogger, Content creator, Agricultural Economist, Resource manager, and the founder of greener health.

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