One of my patient who suffers from
cystitis comes to consult me. He says he has learnt an effective way to treat cystitis, that is holding back urine. The reason for that, he says, holding back urine can strengthen pelvic muscle, power the bladder contraction so as to relieve the symptoms of urinary frequency and urgency. I'm surprised with this theory. Actually holding back urine can not ameliorate cystitis, on the contrary, it causes cystitis. Holding back urine for too long is even the primacord to bring about bladder cancer. A lot of patients with cystitis are caused by holding back urine. So, what's the harm of holding back urine? Why does long-time holding back urine lead to cystitis?
Normal urine can help our body exclude its metabolites and clean up the urinary system as well. When we are holding back urine, the bladder swells, the urinary bladder wall is oppressed, which leads to bladder mucosal ischemia and lowered immunity. At this situation, the bladder is able to be affected by the bacterial in the urine or in the upstream of the urinary tract, thus causes acute cystitis. That can also explain why doctors advise patients with cysitits to drink more water. Frequent urine, bladder irrigation are beneficial to prevent cystitis. Or, to take pure medicines like
Diuretic and Anti-inflammatory Pill, which is expert in inducing diuresis for treating strangurtia and clearing away heat and toxic material.
Long-time holding back urine does not only causes urinary retention, but also place a premium on urinary incontinence. Owing to the nerve controls bladder contraction are all distributed in the muscles in the bladder wall. If one often deliberately holds back urine, he can be stuck in the neurological disorders, as a result, the tension of detrusor can be decreased, which leads to difficulties in urinating and urinary retention. In fact, urinary retention is also the cause of bladder phincter relaxation and neurological disorders, which finally induces urinary incontinence. What's more, the longer the urine stays at the bladder, the longer the carcinogenic substances in the urine irritates the bladder mucosa. In this case, bladder cancer is prone to happen.
Except causing cystitis and urinary retention, holding back urine can also bring about urinary tract infection and even affect renal function. Because when one is holding back urine, bacteria in the urine can not be washed away, a large number of bacteria in the urinary tract in the reproductive growth, eventually cause urinary tract infections. Though urinary tract infections is a common disease of urinary system diseases, it can cause very serious complications, such as, pyelonephritis and renal papillary necrosis. Moreover, it also brings irreversible damage to the kidney, then affect renal function. It is reported that long-term holding back urine can cause
prostatitis. Owing to the special physical location, when urinary tract infection occurs, bacteria from the urinary tract is easy to retrograde to the prostate, which brings infection, thus causes prostatitis. Holding back urine greatly raises the risk of urinary tract infections, accordingly, increases the possibility of suffering from prostatitis.
In summary, a variety of urinary system diseases can be caused by holding back urine. For instance, cystitis, pyelonephritis and prostatitis. Patients with cystitis should drink more water, urine more, rinse the bladder, avoid holding back urine or take Diuretic and anti-inflammatory Pill to cure cystitis. By the way, prostatitis caused by urinary tract infections can be treated with Diuretic and anti-inflammatory Pill as well. If the male reproductive system is taken as a whole, then reproductive system diseases in men would be treated consistently. Regulate function of the reproductive system in men and make it back to normal. Reach the goal of curing cystitis and prostatitis.
