Men and women who want to do this should never hold back

1. Holding urine can easily lead to constipation

The storage space of the bladder is limited, and there have been cases where the bladder burst due to holding urine for too long. Frequent holding of urine can easily lead to urinary retention in older men, where they cannot urinate even when they want to. Young men may experience prostate congestion, leading to prostatitis. Women have shorter urethras, so if urine stays in the bladder for a long time, bacteria will multiply, leading to urinary tract infection.

2. Holding in farts can cause abdominal bloating

Few people would consider that holding in a fart can also be bad for your health. These gases that need to be discharged contain harmful substances. If they are not discharged and remain in the intestines, they will be repeatedly absorbed by the intestinal mucosa, and the most direct feeling they give people is abdominal bloating.

3. Holding back stool can lead to colon cancer

Although holding in bowel movements will not lead to unexpected events like holding in urine, if stool remains in the intestines for too long it will increase the reabsorption of toxins and may lead to colon cancer. Moreover, this artificially caused irregular bowel movements can cause people to suffer from constipation. Clinically, it is found that most patients with colon cancer suffer from constipation.

4. Breast retention and mastitis

If milk is held back and not discharged, milk secretion will be poor and the mammary ducts will be more likely to become blocked, leading to mastitis, breast hyperplasia, and even indirectly causing breast cancer.

5. Holding your breath can cause a variety of diseases

It is inevitable to get angry in life. Being angry often is the source of all kinds of diseases, and anger is especially harmful to women's health. Properly calming down after getting angry can avoid the harm caused by anger to the human body. Cooling down your anger is not only a method or skill, but more importantly, it is a spiritual cultivation. Generally speaking, a person who is considerate of others and calm is a tolerant and well-cultivated person. As the saying goes, "A prime minister has a big heart that can hold a boat," this magnanimity is the result of daily attention to cultivation. To learn how to calm down, you should first work hard to improve your self-cultivation and broaden your mind, so that you can improve your psychological endurance and become an optimist who gets angry less and calms down quickly.

6. Holding back phlegm can lead to pneumonia

Coughing up phlegm indicates inflammation of the respiratory tract, which may be the result of infection by microorganisms such as bacteria and viruses. Coughing up phlegm helps eliminate toxic substances and is more conducive to treatment. Therefore, for patients with phlegm, in addition to finding out the nature and cause of the phlegm, they also need to expectorate, perform postural drainage or pat the back to promote the elimination of phlegm and accelerate recovery. If the sputum cannot be cleared, it may lead to pneumonia or worsen the condition.