DANGER OF HOLDING URINATION || HERMINA PASURUAN HOSPITAL

Urination is the process of getting rid of waste that the body no longer needs through urine. Usually a person can pee 6-7 times a day. This is because generally, an adult's bladder can hold up to 2 glasses of urine. If you practice holding in urination frequently, the risk of health problems will increase. The following are conditions or diseases that can occur due to the habit of holding in urination:

1. Pain and discomfort appear

This is because the bladder has a limit for holding urine.

2. Wetting the bed

You may not be able to resist these muscle contractions if you hold in your BAC (urination) for too long. Finally urine comes out without realizing it 
aka bedwetting.

3. Urinary incontinence

It can irritate the bladder and over time can cause you to lose the ability to control your bladder muscles 
urinate and eventually end up wetting the bed constantly.

4. Urinary tract infection

Accumulated urine can be a good medium for bacteria to multiply and cause infection.

5.  Bladder stones

Making the urination process incomplete and leaving a small amount of urine in the bladder. Well, if it happens continuously, urine deposits 
This can trigger the formation of bladder stones.

6. Hydronephrosis

This can cause the kidneys to swell or in medical terms it is called hydronephrosis.

7. Kidney infection

Urinary tract infections that occur due to the habit of holding in urination as well 
can reach the kidneys.