Why don’t you have to endure in any case if you want to go to the toilet?

When you endure the urge to urinate for an hour, the pelvic floor muscles begin to lose strength and eventually become dysfunctional. Where does this lead? Alas, in the long term, you risk losing control of bladder functions. Muscles atrophy, “forget how” to contract, and therefore, to retain urine, incontinence will develop. Sometimes the opposite effect occurs: if you endure the toilet for a very long time, 8-10 hours, the spasmodic muscles will not be able to contract in time. The danger is that the reflux (reflux) of already more concentrated and non-sterile urine can flow back into the kidneys and damage them. Of course, it won’t happen from a few “tolerance” sessions, but the risk increases if you practice it regularly.

If you constantly endure and do not go to the toilet, the urethra may involuntarily open slightly due to the pressure of accumulated urine, and there is a risk of “street” infection entering the genito system -urinary. And urine itself contains unhealthy waste products: ammonia, bacteria, acids. Infections from the outside and corrosive substances from the inside can cause cystitis (inflammation of the bladder), which sooner or later becomes chronic, goes further into the kidneys and triggers pyelonephritis.

If you endure it for too long, a characteristic pain will appear in the lower abdomen – familiar? So it may not pass even when you get to the cherished place. The fact is that the muscles were so tight while you were holding back that they can’t relax anymore, and the pain is caused by their spasm. Over time, these pains can become chronic. In addition, persistent urinary retention will cause bloating, a feeling of excess fluid in the body, or even chills due to poisoning with harmful substances in the urine.

The bladder is a hollow, elastic organ whose walls can stretch and contract several times. But not huge! The limit of its filling in an adult is 500-700 milliliters (two or three glasses), it takes six to eight hours. However, the first urge to go to the toilet begins when 200-300 milliliters of urine have accumulated, the brain receives a signal to open the sphincters. That’s when you feel it’s time to go to the bathroom. But if you endure, the bladder will continue to stretch. Of course, it will not burst (this can happen in principle, but usually due to an injury to the abdomen), but the walls will stretch too much. Over time, the bladder will stop shrinking and return to its normal size. What is he threatening? You stop responding to the signals the brain sends to the body, it will start ignoring you in the same way and stop signaling that it is necessary to empty the bladder. You understand the result, don’t you?

By the way, do you think if you have to go straight to the ladies room?