What should women do if they can’t hold their urine?

In life, many women often worry about not being able to hold their urine. What is going on?

Squirting is a phenomenon that is popular among the masses. However, when the liquid does not gush out after all the efforts are made, but trickles out inadvertently, it will become a very big annoyance. Squirting is a phenomenon that is popular among the masses. When the liquid gush out after all the efforts are made, it will become a very big annoyance. Urinary incontinence is a serious problem that plagues many women. Although it has no direct impact on health and is not very serious, it can easily affect the daily quality of life and sex life. What should women do if they can't hold their urine?

Incontinence is not uncommon

The bladder is where urine is stored in the human body, and urine is discharged from the body through the urethra. During urination, the muscles of the bladder wall contract, "squeezing" the urine out of the bladder and into the urethra. At the same time, the urethral sphincter relaxes, allowing the urine to be discharged smoothly from the body. Therefore, when the nerves controlling urination fail, the bladder muscles suddenly contract, or the urethral sphincter is not strong enough to "guard the door", urinary incontinence will occur. When you feel that you cannot control the discharge of urine, it may mean that urinary incontinence has come.

In most cases, there will only be a tiny amount of one or two drops. Of course, there may be occasional unfortunate cases where the flow is too heavy... However, don't think that incontinence is an unfortunate and embarrassing thing that only happens to you. It is much more common than you think. In the United States, approximately 25% to 45% of women suffer from urinary incontinence. Don’t think that urinary incontinence is a problem exclusive to middle-aged and elderly women. In fact, due to the influence of sports injuries or genetic factors of muscle damage, 20%-30% of female patients are young people.

Incontinence is different

Short-term urinary incontinence may simply be caused by a urinary tract infection, a side effect of medication, or constipation, and can be cured with a little adjustment or treatment. There are two main types of urinary incontinence: stress incontinence and urge incontinence.

Stress urinary incontinence is the most common bladder control problem. It refers to the pressure on the bladder caused by sneezing, coughing, laughing, jogging, bumping or other situations, which ultimately leads to "inability to control oneself". Usually, stress urinary incontinence does not involve large amounts of urine. Pelvic floor muscle strain may be the culprit of this problem. The pelvic floor muscles are a group of muscles that close the pelvic floor. This muscle group is like a "hanging net", and the urethra, bladder, vagina, uterus, rectum and other internal organs are tightly suspended by this "net". When the pelvic floor muscles are damaged, once the elasticity of this "net" deteriorates and the "hanging force" is insufficient, the organs in the "net" will be unable to maintain their normal position. At this time, the muscles that control the opening and closing of the urethra will be affected accordingly. Childbirth, weight gain, or strenuous exercise can all cause damage to the pelvic floor muscles.

Urge incontinence occurs when you have a sudden and strong urge to go to the toilet, but end up urinating before you reach the toilet. Of course, this does not refer to the "aging" state that occurs when holding urine for too long, but means that a small amount of urine can also lead to such a situation. There are also patients who don’t feel anything at all until “it’s too late”.

Urge urinary incontinence mainly refers to the patient suddenly feeling some strong urge to go to the toilet, and the result is that school starts to leave before going to the toilet. Of course, this situation is not because of holding urine for too long, but it is also easy to cause such a situation when the urine volume is small.