Urinary retention - is it dangerous

People who are faced with the problem of ishuriya know how serious it is. An organism that does not excrete urine in whole or in part signals the presence of pathology. Urine, being a waste product of the human body, must go away several times a day. A healthy person urinates 4 to 7 times a day and once a day during the night.

Experts divide ishuria into three types

Violation of urinary function can be both chronic, when a man or woman does not attach much importance to changes, and acute - in which severe pain and frequent urge occur.

This ailment occurs in both men and women, and even in children

A common cause of urinary retention is an obstruction at the exit from the bladder - in the urethra or sphincter. Such obstacles appear as a result of diseases of the genitourinary system; due to nervous diseases; as a result of severe fright; in the postoperative period; as a reaction to the misuse of drugs.

Causes of ishuria in men

All men know firsthand about the difficulties of urination when faced with prostatitis and the formation of prostate adenoma. Some face this already at a young and middle age. In old age, prostatitis and prostate adenoma have become almost the norm. However, not only prostatitis can interfere with urination. Inflammatory kidney disease and urolithiasis cannot be ruled out.

Ishuria in women

Women have difficulty emptying the bladder in several conditions:

• With prolapse of the uterus and vagina.
• During pregnancy.
• After a difficult labor.
• After surgery on the pelvic organs.
• If there are tumors in the pelvic organs.
• For mental disorders.
• With the onset of old age.

Ishuria in children

Boys with phimosis (pathology of the outer part of the genital organ) experience serious difficulties up to the inability to urinate. This defect requires urgent surgery.

Girls with ureteral abnormalities or trauma to the perineum also have difficulty urinating.

Symptoms of ischuria

Unable to completely empty the bladder; bloating, often painful, flatulence; frequent urge, a slight outflow of urine, accompanied by pain; involuntary leakage; complete absence of urine in the bladder (anuria), due to the fact that urine is not produced in the body; nausea or vomiting; increased blood pressure; headache; increased body temperature.

Diagnostics

As with any other disease, time becomes the main assistant in identifying an ailment. The sooner the diagnosis is made and the treatment is prescribed, the faster the recovery will come.

The urologist examines the patient manually by pressing on the pubic part. After that, he prescribes an ultrasound of the bladder and other organs located close to it, and an x-ray with a contrast agent - cystoscopy and urethroscopy. If necessary, pyelography is prescribed - a complex study that allows you to consider not only the urinary tract, but also the kidneys. This study provides answers to many questions: about the presence of tumors, stones, or a possible blockage of the urinary tract. The next stage of the research can be computed tomography - the most accurate diagnostic method.

Treatment

Only a urologist can determine by what method a patient should be treated - medication or by resorting to surgical intervention. It all depends on the cause of the pathology and on the stage of the disease at which the person asked for help. In simpler cases, when the changes are small, Home treatment using traditional recipes helps.

Emergency for women

If urination is delayed, a woman is catheterized in a hospital setting. In the case of diagnosing kidney stones, drugs are prescribed that dissolve them. Stones that stood in the way of urine, free up space for the outflow of urine. But stones to stones - strife. If it is impossible to dissolve them, or if they are large, they are removed by other methods. The same applies to men.

Urinary disorders associated with labor are eliminated in a different way: antispasmodic, diuretic and sedatives are used.

The prolapse of organs is corrected surgically (colpoplexy).

Urgent care for men

After that, diagnostics are carried out, and then treatment is prescribed. Usually they resort to alpha-blockers, but if such treatment is useless, the issue of surgical intervention is considered.

Traditional methods

Home treatment always gives a positive result if it complements drug therapy.

Several time-tested recipes:

Complications caused by urinary retention

Urine comes out with blood clots. Delayed urination can contribute to the formation of blood clots in the urine, and the longer a person does not pay attention to this, the more difficult it will be to treat it. Against this background, cystitis occurs, in addition, inflammation affects the kidneys, which, in turn, can lead to acute renal failure - a mortal danger for the patient.

What to do to prevent urinary problems

First, about gastronomic restrictions. Food should not be too salty and spicy. Alcohol consumption should be reduced.

In the cold season, clothes should be comfortable and appropriate for the air temperature. In other words - hypothermia of the body is the enemy!

Women are advised to visit a gynecologist twice a year. For men - a urologist, it would be good with the same frequency.

Any inflammation in the body should be treated in a timely manner, even if it is a cold disease of the nasopharynx, not to mention a viral one. Any viral infection adversely affects the genitourinary system.

Take care of your private parts to avoid injury. Read the instructions for the use of certain drugs for their effect on urine flow.

Don't panic if there is no urine flow. First, you need to calmly analyze why this could happen, which is why urine does not flow as usual. It so happens that very little liquid is drunk per day, and it happens that too much salty is eaten. Probably everyone paid attention to the fact that on a hot day it is very rare to go to the toilet "in a small way"; this is normal, despite the fact that a person drinks a lot of water in the heat, but he also sweats a lot! The body itself gives hints: there is no edema on the face and legs - it means that the reason is not in the pathology.