What happens if you hold in your pee for too long?

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What happens if you hold in your pee too long?

Every woman has experienced the uncomfortable feeling of a bladder that’s too full. You’re on a work shift and can’t leave your post. You’re at the movie theater in the middle of the row. You’re stuck in traffic.

So, when you “hold it,” are there any negative consequences?

Female Pelvic Medicine Medicine and Reconstructive Surgeon William Rush, MD, OB/GYN, Lifestages-Samaritan Centers for Women, says there’s no problem if you occasionally have to hold it. It’s only when you’re chronically waiting beyond what’s comfortable for the bladder that you can develop problems over weeks or months.

“The bladder is like a reservoir that collects urine from the kidneys. As it becomes full, it starts to stretch, similar to blowing up a balloon. When it is getting full, it signals that it’s time to empty the reservoir and may begin to have small contractions. The average person goes seven times a day, including once at night.”

If you’ve waited hours to go to the bathroom, you may urinate more slowly or not be able to empty completely because the muscles don’t fully contract.

It’s common if you’ve pushed the limits of your bladder’s capacity that you might have to go again just 15 or 20 minutes later. That’s because your bladder didn’t fully empty. It’s very important to go that second time to get rid of the rest of the urine.

Consequences

If you consistently hold it for stretches of six, eight or 10 hours over weeks or months, the bladder muscles may eventually not return to normal position and not push all of the urine out when you go to the bathroom.

If a bladder gets too full, urine can back up into the kidneys, causing them to malfunction. A bladder that’s at capacity also may cause a person to leak urine when the bladder contracts on its own because it is too full.

If a bladder doesn’t empty fully, the bacteria in the remaining urine can multiply and cause infection.

To avoid these problems, create breaks in your day to give yourself adequate time to urinate.
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