Why do you need to hold your urine when taking color ultrasound?

It is very important for everyone to master some daily health knowledge, because it is directly related to everyone's physical condition. There are many disadvantages of holding urine, so we should pay more attention to it in daily life. So, do you need to hold urine when doing color ultrasound? Next, let’s learn about it together.

Do I need to hold my urine for color Doppler ultrasound?

Abdominal color ultrasound examination is generally used to examine the internal organs such as the gallbladder, liver, pancreas, liver, and kidneys. This type of examination does not require holding urine. If you want to examine the male prostate and female uterus and adnexa, you do need to hold urine. Generally, if there is no special requirement, you do not need to hold urine. However, gallbladder and liver examinations require fasting. Therefore, it is recommended to go to the hospital for a physical examination on an empty stomach in the morning. If there are special requirements, you can hold urine and go for a follow-up examination. I hope my answer can help you.

Whether men or women, holding urine will affect the bladder function, leading to urinary tract infection, and even symptoms such as frequent urination, hematuria, difficulty urinating, hot urine, residual urine, lower abdominal discomfort or pain, etc. So how can we avoid holding urine?

1. Drink plenty of water to excrete it in urine

Sometimes many people do not want to hold their urine, but there is very little urine in their daily life. Here I would like to remind all men and women not to wait until they are thirsty to drink water. The diet should be light in taste. For example, after eating greasy and salty food, you should drink two more glasses of water. In winter, hot tea is the most suitable. Drink two glasses of water after waking up and before going to bed. Drink more water even if it is colder. This can allow the urine to be excreted immediately and prevent bacteria from multiplying in the urethra.

2. Develop the habit of urinating every two hours

It can be said that the most effective way to prevent urinary tract infection is to drink more water. Both men and women need to develop the habit of urinating once every two hours or so. They can drink boiled water and healthy drinks containing vitamin C. Because studies have shown that regular drinking of healthy drinks containing vitamin C, such as fruit juice, kiwi juice, etc., can increase the acid level in women's urine and help prevent urinary and reproductive system infections.

3. Workers should avoid sitting for long periods of time

Many office workers sit in front of the computer when they work. Although they often drink water, the feeling of urination is not very obvious because of squatting. Over time, they will naturally develop the habit of holding urine. Therefore, office workers often walk around and urinate regularly.

What are the disadvantages of women holding urine?

1. Because the female reproductive organs and bladder "live together" in the pelvis and are "inseparable", the uterus is located behind the bladder. Holding urine will fill the bladder, and the full bladder will press on the uterus, causing it to tilt backwards.

If you often hold your urine, the uterus will be unable to return to its original position due to retroversion. When the bladder is severely compressed on the uterus, it will hinder the discharge of menstruation and may cause severe dysmenorrhea symptoms. If the compressed uterus "squeezes" the nerve plexus in front of the sacrum, it can cause lumbar pain, and in severe cases, it may cause infertility.

2. Holding urine often can also cause urinary incontinence

Women do not have two internal and external dilatations like men, and can only rely on a single dilatation to hold urine. Therefore, if they hold urine for a long time, the dilatation will become tired and weak, which will lead to urinary incontinence.

In addition, holding urine can cause long-term damage to the bladder detrusor muscle and accelerate aging. Especially some elderly women, their own resistance is relatively poor, holding urine causes the bladder to be highly filled, reduces the ability of the bladder mucosa to resist infection, and is prone to urogenital inflammation.

3. Very vulnerable to damage from germs

Because women have a more complex abdominal organ structure, their urinary and reproductive systems are more susceptible to bacteria than men.