What is the most common cause of urinary retention?

The most common cause of urinary retention is benign prostatic hyperplasia. Other common causes include prostatitis, cystitis, urethritis, and vulvovaginitis; receiving medications in the anticholinergic and alpha-adrenergic agonist classes; and cortical, spinal, or peripheral nerve lesions.

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Will urinary retention go away?

Urinary retention is treatable, and there is no need to feel embarrassed or ashamed. A doctor can often diagnose the problem. However, in some cases, a person may need a referral to a urologist, proctologist, or pelvic floor specialist for further testing and treatment.

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How do you fix urinary retention?

A combination of a 5-alpha-reductase inhibitor and an alpha-blocker, such as finasteride and doxazosin or dutasteride and tamsulosin, may work better than an individual medicine alone. Antibiotics link treat infections that may cause urinary retention, such as urinary tract infections and prostatitis.

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How long can you go with urinary retention?

A healthy bladder can hold about 2 cups of urine before it's considered full. It takes your body 9 to 10 hours to produce 2 cups of urine. That's about as long as you can wait and still be in the safe zone without the possibility of damaging your organs.

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What is the best medication for urinary retention?

Anticholinergic medications include:
  • Oxybutynin (Ditropan XL, Oxytrol, Gelnique)
  • Tolterodine (Detrol, Detrol LA)
  • Darifenacin.
  • Solifenacin (Vesicare, Vesicare LS)
  • Trospium.
  • Fesoterodine (Toviaz)

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What aggravates urinary retention?

Bladder irritants

Coffee, tea and carbonated drinks, even without caffeine. Alcohol. Certain acidic fruits — oranges, grapefruits, lemons and limes — and fruit juices. Spicy foods.

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What happens if you dont treat urinary retention?

If urinary retention is not treated, your bladder may become stretched too far or for long periods. When stretched too far or for too long, the muscles in your bladder may become damaged and no longer work correctly. Kidney damage.

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How does urinary retention make you feel?

The symptoms of urinary retention can range from severe abdominal pain and the inability to urinate, to few or no symptoms at all. Urinary retention results from either a blockage that partially or fully prevents the flow of urine, or your bladder not being able to maintain a strong enough force to expel all the urine.

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Can you be hospitalized for urinary retention?

Urinary retention may cause harm to the function of the bladder and the kidneys, incontinence, and may increase the risk of urinary tract infections. Thus, it requires urgent medical attention for evaluation and management. In some cases, hospitalization is required.

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Can a bladder burst with urinary retention?

Conclusion: Urinary retention can lead to serious complications, including bladder rupture.

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How do I know if my bladder is retaining urine?

Symptoms of urinary retention may include:
  1. Difficulty starting to urinate.
  2. Difficulty fully emptying the bladder.
  3. Weak dribble or stream of urine.
  4. Loss of small amounts of urine during the day.
  5. Inability to feel when bladder is full.
  6. Increased abdominal pressure.
  7. Lack of urge to urinate.

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Is chronic urinary retention serious?

People may have chronic urinary retention for a long time. Chronic urinary retention happens most frequently in older men, but it also can occur in women. Acute urinary retention is potentially life threatening. This condition requires medical attention right away.

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How much water should I drink if I have urinary retention?

In general, the long-standing advice of drinking 8 cups of water per day is a good guideline to follow.

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Why isn't my bladder emptying fully?

When the bladder is full, you urinate and the waste leaves your body. However, if you have urinary retention, your bladder doesn't completely empty when you urinate. This can happen to both men and women and it can be caused by things like blockages, medications or nerve issues.

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What are 2 complications from urinary retention?

Complications of urinary retention

If you have urinary retention you may get: urinary tract infections. kidney infections. stones in your kidneys and bladder.

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Which conditions have urinary retention as a symptom?

The most common cause of urinary retention is benign prostatic hyperplasia. Other common causes include prostatitis, cystitis, urethritis, and vulvovaginitis; receiving medications in the anticholinergic and alpha-adrenergic agonist classes; and cortical, spinal, or peripheral nerve lesions.

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What does urinary retention indicate?

Urine might be retained if there is an obstruction or stricture (narrowing) in or around the bladder, or when muscles in or around the bladder are weak. Certain types and locations of tumors, certain medications, being dehydrated, or having constipation can also cause urinary retention.

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Can stress cause urinary retention?

Social stress produces changes in the bladder over a spectrum ranging from increased urinary frequency with reduced bladder capacity to decreased voiding and an increase in bladder capacity (urinary retention).

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What does it mean when you feel like you have to pee but only a little comes out?

If a person has a constant urge to pee but little comes out when they go, they may have an infection or other health condition. If a person frequently needs to pee but little comes out when they try to go, it can be due to a urinary tract infection (UTI), pregnancy, an overactive bladder, or an enlarged prostate.

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Does warm water help urinary retention?

Conclusions: Both the lukewarm-water-soaked gauze and the hot pack techniques had significant effects on postoperative urinary retention and significantly reduced the need for urinary catheterization. Using these two simple and cost-effective techniques for managing postoperative urinary retention is recommended.

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Why is urinary retention life threatening?

Urinary retention can be attributed to two causes — either obstruction or non-obstruction. If there is an obstruction (for example, bladder or kidney stones), a blockage occurs and urine cannot flow unimpeded through your urinary track. This is the basis for acute urinary retention and is potentially life threatening.

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How do you tell if your bladder is damaged?

Symptoms
  • Lower abdominal pain.
  • Abdominal tenderness.
  • Bruising at the site of injury.
  • Blood in the urine.
  • Bloody urethral discharge.
  • Difficulty beginning to urinate or inability to empty the bladder.
  • Leakage of urine.
  • Painful urination.

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What vitamin helps with bladder control?

Vitamin C found in foods.

A study done on vitamin c intake in 2060 women, aged 30-79 years of age found that high-dose intake of vitamin c and calcium were positively associated with urinary storage or incontinence, whereas vitamin C from foods and beverages were associated with decreased urinary urgency.

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When should you go to ER for urinary retention?

If you or someone you know are unable to urinate, are experiencing severe bladder, groin, or abdominal pain, abdominal swelling, nausea, or profuse sweating, seek emergency medical attention by contacting us by phone, visiting the Urology Austin office nearest you, a local hospital or free-standing emergency room.

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Can bladder problems be fatal?

Abstract. Spontaneous urinary bladder perforation is a rare and life-threatening condition similar to traumatic and iatrogenic perforation. The connection with the underlying bladder damage due to previous radiotherapy, inflammation, malignancy, obstruction, or other causes can be found in almost all cases.

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