Why can't women hold their urine?

There are many women in our lives who cannot hold their urine and suffer from urinary incontinence just from a simple cough or sneeze. It is extremely embarrassing every time this situation occurs. So what causes urinary incontinence in women? Today we will give you a detailed explanation of why women can't hold their urine. Please read on with me.

Squirting is a phenomenon that is popular among the public. However, when the liquid does not gush out after all efforts, but flows in small drops without warning, it becomes a small trouble (of course, this is just an analogy, squirting liquid and urine are not the same thing). Urinary incontinence is a problem that troubles many women. Although the direct impact on health is not serious, the issue of "urinary incontinence" is annoying enough, which will directly affect the daily quality of life, emotional state, body image and sex life. According to the Center for Healthcare Quality and Research, more than 13 million Americans suffer from urinary incontinence, 85% of whom are women.

The most common urinary incontinence in women includes stress urinary incontinence, urge urinary incontinence and mixed stress urge urinary incontinence.

Stress urinary incontinence, also known as tension urinary incontinence, refers to the uncontrolled and involuntary flow of urine when abdominal pressure suddenly increases due to coughing, sneezing, laughing, standing up, etc. This is the most common type of urinary incontinence among women. Women of all ages can be affected, especially those who have given birth to children with a history of difficult labor or who suffer from uterine prolapse, bladder and urethral prolapse. After menopause, women lack estrogen, which causes the urethra to become thinner, reducing the resistance through the urethra and making urinary incontinence more common.

Urge urinary incontinence refers to the sudden urge to urinate, and the feeling is very strong, as if you can't hold your urine anymore. Often when this happens, you don't have time to go to the toilet and your pants are wet. The most common cause is a urinary tract infection.

Stress and urge incontinence often occur together in women, which is often called mixed incontinence. The main reasons include that the female urethra is shorter than the male urethra, averaging only 3-5 cm; the pelvis is wide and the muscle support is weak; the urethral sphincter is relaxed; pregnancy and childbirth cause damage to the pelvic floor muscles; the estrogen level of women decreases after middle age and the urethral mucosa atrophies; surgery causes anatomical changes to the pelvis, etc.

The above is a detailed explanation of why women cannot hold their urine. In fact, this condition is more common in women who have just given birth and in the elderly. In fact, to put it simply, there is a problem with our bladder's control over urine. If we accidentally compress the bladder, urinary incontinence will occur, which means that our pelvic floor muscles have been damaged to a certain extent.