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2. Here’s Exactly How Long It’s Considered Healthy To Hold Your ...

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   Hold your urine for too long, and—ready or not—it's going to start coming out. "The longer the bladder is full, the greater the likelihood of leakage of urine," Dr. Fromer says. In the short ...

3. Holding your pee is common, but it can have dangerous health ...

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   In more extreme cases, experts said, holding pee can cause urine to back up into the kidneys, which can lead to infections, kidney damage or hydronephrosis. The latter is a condition in which the ...

4. Urinary retention - Wikipedia

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   A post-void residual urine greater than 50 ml is a significant amount of urine and increases the potential for recurring urinary tract infections. [citation needed] In adults older than 60 years, 50-100 ml of residual urine may remain after each voiding because of the decreased contractility of the detrusor muscle. [7]

5. Doctors say it’s fine to pee in the shower - AOL

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   Here’s a secret that’s not really a secret — many people pee in the shower. ... making urine hard to release. ... bladder — between 400 and 600 milliliters of urine. So, don’t hold it in ...

6. Urinary incontinence - Wikipedia

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   Connected to the bottom or next of the bladder, the sphincter is a circular group of muscles that automatically stays contracted to hold the urine in. It will automatically relax when the detrusor contracts to let the urine into the urethra. A third group of muscles below the bladder (pelvic floor muscles) can contract to keep urine back.

7. Bladder - Wikipedia

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   In placental mammals, urine enters the bladder via the ureters and exits via the urethra during urination. [1] [2] In humans, the bladder is a distensible organ that sits on the pelvic floor. The typical adult human bladder will hold between 300 and 500 ml (10 and 17 fl oz) before the urge to empty occurs, but can hold considerably more. [3] [4]