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Can holding your urine cause prostate problems?

Although holding your pee can be relatively safe for those with a healthy urinary tract and system, it can be detrimental for those living with existing health conditions. In fact, having the following health conditions and holding your urine for long periods can result in kidney disease: Having an enlarged prostate.

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Why Holding Your Urine is Detrimental

We've all held it to the point where we think we won't make it to the restroom. Aside from the temporary discomfort, this bad habit can wreak havoc on your urinary health if you keep it up.

Weakens Your Bladder Muscles

Although bladder training is a technique used to help those suffering from urinary incontinence to build strength in their bladder, holding your pee for too long can actually cause incontinence. This is because holding your urine for long periods strains your bladder muscles over time. It can also cause you to have trouble completely emptying your bladder.

Causes Urinary tract Infections (UTIs)

Although holding your pee doesn’t directly cause a urinary tract infection (UTI), not emptying your bladder can allow bacteria to multiply within the bladder. This is because passing urine helps to flush out the bladder and the rest of your urinary tract. This is also true if you don’t drink enough water; since you won’t have enough liquid in your system to pass—this also gives bacteria the opportunity to multiply and cause an infection.

Increases Risk for Kidney Disease

Having an enlarged prostate

Other kidney disorders

Urinary retention

Neurogenic bladder

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Is peeing 7 times at night normal?

If you wake up often at night to pee, you might wonder if something's wrong. Most adults don't need to go to the bathroom more than once during 6-8 hours in bed. If you do, doctors call it nocturia. It might signal a problem like diabetes.

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If you wake up often at night to pee, you might wonder if something’s wrong. Most adults don’t need to go to the bathroom more than once during 6-8 hours in bed. If you do, doctors call it nocturia. It might signal a problem like diabetes. Why Could It Be Diabetes? One of the most common early signs of diabetes is a need to pee more often during the day. But it can also happen at night. When there’s too much sugar in your blood, which happens if you have diabetes, your kidneys have to work harder to get rid of it. This forces them to make more urine. The process doesn’t stop just because you’re snoozing. Diabetes can also damage your kidneys or bladder. Both can cause you to pee more. Other Reasons You Pee at Night Diabetes is just one reason you might be waking often to use the bathroom. There are lots of others, including: Age. As years pass, your body makes less of a hormone that limits the amount of urine you make at night. So there's more in your bladder. Aging also affects how much urine your bladder can hold. Other Diabetes Symptoms If you do have diabetes, you could have other symptoms. These include: More thirst