What is the reason for urethral pain when holding urine?

Many friends often hold their urine, but they don’t know that holding it can cause great damage to the bladder. Sometimes, in severe cases, it can even lead to poisoning. Therefore, if you feel the urge to urinate, you must defecate in time. If you experience urethral pain due to holding urine, you should pay attention to whether you have any diseases, such as bladder spasm, cystitis, urinary stones, etc. These are diseases that can cause such symptoms, so you can do relevant examinations to avoid excessive damage to the bladder or urethra due to disease. You can also judge the condition of your body from the color of your urine.

1. Consider bladder spasm

When you hold your urine, the bladder sphincter remains tense, the blood vessels in the bladder wall are compressed, causing excessive pressure, so there is pain. After urinating, the muscles suddenly relax, and spasms and pain may occur. The pain usually disappears within 1-2 minutes. This is normal and there is no inflammation or infection.

2. Consider bladder inflammation

Urine contains germs. If you hold your urine for a long time, or hold your urine for too long, the germs in the urine will multiply and easily cause infection. Drinking plenty of water and urinating promptly can prevent inflammatory infections.

3. Consider urinary stones

People with urinary stones may have no symptoms in mild cases, while typical cases may present with low back pain and hematuria. Some may also experience symptoms of urinary tract infection such as frequent urination, urgency, and pain when urinating. If you experience lower abdominal pain after holding your urine, and the pain continues after you finish urinating, and is accompanied by hematuria, you should consider urinary stones.

4. Women consider pelvic inflammatory disease

The main symptoms of pelvic inflammatory disease are lower abdominal pain, fever, increased vaginal discharge, and some are also accompanied by pain during sexual intercourse. If pelvic inflammatory disease forms a pelvic abscess, it can cause local compression symptoms. Compression of the bladder can cause frequent urination, painful urination, and difficulty urinating. Therefore, if you still have lower abdominal pain after holding your urine, you should be alert to pelvic inflammatory disease.

5. The disadvantages of holding urine

1. Damage to bladder function

The nerves in the body that control bladder contraction are distributed in the bladder muscles. If you consciously hold your urine frequently, the nerve function will be disrupted, causing the bladder to lose tension due to holding urine, which will lead to difficulty in urination and easily cause urinary retention. If urine cannot be discharged in time for a long time, the bladder sphincter will relax, resulting in dysfunction and urinary incontinence, which is difficult to treat.

2. Cause urinary tract infection

If urine stays in the body for a long time, the urine containing bacteria cannot be discharged in time, which can easily induce cystitis. If the bacteria go back up, they can cause urethritis, pyelonephritis, and even affect kidney function.