Lazy Bladder Syndrome

This syndrome is more common in women and there is no specific age to get this syndrome. You will get this problem the moment you stop urinating at regular intervals.

Normally you are supposed to pass urine every two or three times in a day and once at night.

Generally women avoid attending nature's call for long hours intentionally or unintentionally. However, you must avoid holding back urine for long as this can make your bladder lazy.

The lazy bladder will retain a lot of urine. Normally the bladder has a capacity to hold 300 to 350ml of urine. But when your uterus capacity increases it starts retaining 700 to 750ml or at times up to a litre of urine which is way too much for the bladder to hold.

If the bladder capacity increases, the muscles stretch and are unable to contract properly to give you a sensation to pass urine.

As a result, the bladder will be unable to empty fully and there will be urine that will be left in your bladder always.

If you neglect this situation and continue to ignore nature's call, the kidneys get affected. Your kidneys will swell and get damaged after a point of time in life and may stop functioning.

…More Trouble

Apart from affecting the bladder and the kidneys, not passing urine regularly can lead to a host of urinary tract infections.

You may get a bladder infection called cystitis. This is because of inadequate emptying of the bladder. You may also have a burning sensation while passing urine due to this infection. Passing urine after a long gap in time can also lead to infection in your kidneys.

If you wish to avoid any such complications, then you must visit the washroom whenever you feel the urge to pass urine. In very rare cases, you may postpone the urge for just a few minutes not more than that.

No matter how busy you are or where you are remember to visit the loo at regular intervals if you want to prevent health problems in the long run.