What are the dangers of women holding urine frequently?

Urination is a normal physiological behavior of the human body, which can expel excess water and useless metabolic products from the body. When it comes to holding urine, everyone has experienced it. There are many reasons for holding urine, it may be because of work, or people may be addicted to something, etc. However, it is harmful for women to hold urine frequently. So let’s introduce in detail the dangers of women holding urine frequently.

Many people have experienced holding urine. Some people do not have time to go to the bathroom due to busy work, while others are addicted to entertainment games and do not want to leave. Holding urine for a long time has a great impact on physical health. Urine not only contains metabolic products in the body, but urination is also an important part of the self-cleaning of the urinary system. Especially for women, whose urethra is shorter, it is more susceptible to bacterial invasion. Holding urine is more harmful to women.

Women who hold their urine for a long time are prone to these consequences

1. Urinary incontinence

Due to the special structure of the female body, the sphincter is an important control muscle that controls the flow of urine from the bladder into the urethra. Unlike men, women do not have two internal and external sphincters. They only rely on a single sphincter to hold urine. Frequent holding of urine may lead to sphincter weakness. If you hold your urine for a long time, the sphincter will become fatigued and weak, leading to urinary incontinence.

2. Posterior tilt of the uterus

Because the female internal reproductive organs and the bladder "live together" in the pelvic cavity and have a "close" relationship, and the uterus is located behind the bladder, holding urine will cause the bladder to fill, and the full bladder will compress the uterus, causing it to tilt backwards.

3. Dysmenorrhea

If you often hold your urine, the retroverted uterus will be difficult to reposition. When the bladder severely presses on the uterus, it will hinder the outflow of menstrual blood and can cause severe dysmenorrhea symptoms.

4. Low back pain

If the compressed uterus "squeezes" the nerve plexus in front of the sacrum, it can cause lumbar pain.

5. Infertility

When holding urine, the uterus tilts backwards. When this pressure reaches a certain point, it will hinder the outflow of menstrual blood. In mild cases, it may cause dysmenorrhea. In severe cases, it may also cause lumbar pain, pain in sexual intercourse, and even worse, infertility.