What happens if you hold in your urine too often? Health risks explained
Frequently delaying urination can affect your bladder and increase the risk of urinary tract infections. Here's what health experts say.
Most of us have done it – hold our urine for reasons like being too busy, in class, travelling, or working.
It may not pose health risks every now and then, but if holding in your urine becomes a regular occurrence, it might affect your urinary health.
The bladder accumulates urine and signals to your brain that it is time to empty. Prolonged holding can overstretch the bladder muscles and eventually make it difficult for the organ to work effectively.
Holding in your urine can even lead to bladder pain or leakage.
Doctors suggest that it may also be a leading cause of urinary tract infection (UTI) in women, as holding urine can increase the chance of bacteria multiply.
The urinary health can be further impacted, as this habit can worsen the existing conditions related to bladder and kidney if there are pre-existing disorders.
According to the health experts, you should listen to the cues from your bladder.
Although once a week delay is less likely to result in major problems in the individuals that are already healthy.
If you have already developed such habit and it happens over weeks or month. You might want to consider the change.
