Urinary retention is a condition where a person is unable to voluntarily empty the urinary bladder completely. Urinary retention is a condition in which impaired emptying of the bladder results in postvoidal residual urine.
Retention Of Urine
See the separate leaflet called Prostate Gland Enlargement.
Causes of urinary retention in males. Stress urinary incontinence is the involuntary leakage of urine caused by exertion such as sneezing coughing laughing physical exercise or sexual intercourse. Children in contrast are more likely to have voluntary retention of urine due to urethral irritation or dysuria. Common causes of urinary retention in men.
A prevalent cause of acute urinary retention in men is benign prostatic hyperplasia. Non-urological recent surgery anaestheticmobility related constipation. An enlarged prostate can block the neighboring urethra causing urinary retention.
Urinary retention can also occur in men as a result of nerve damage various forms of blockages in the lower urinary tract weak bladder muscles and medication. Enlarged Prostate BPH The major reason men experience urinary retention is due to a problem with the prostate gland. The causes of urinary retention are related to either a blockage that partially or fully prevents urine from leaving your bladder or urethra or your bladder not being able to maintain a strong enough force to expel all the urine.
It could be acute or chronic. Paraphimosis a medical emergency occurs when an uncircumcised mans foreskin gets stuck behind the head. Obstructive causes of urinary retention The mechanisms of acute urinary retention can include outflow obstruction which can be mechanical such as from physical narrowing of the urethral channel.
Urinary retention can result from many different causes. Blockage or narrowing in the urethra or bladder neck. It can be caused by.
Stress urinary incontinence in men is the result of malfunction of the urethral sphincter. When your penis is. The urethra passes through the prostate from the bladder to the penis where urine is expelled from the body.
An infection in any part of your lower urinary tract can cause urinary retention. Urological benign prostatic enlargement. The larger the prostate grows the more restriction it causes to the lower urinary tract.
A weak bladder muscle Nerve damage from diabetes stroke or spinal cord injury Bladder diverticula which are pockets of urine that form in your bladder and do not empty Certain medicines such as narcotics antihistamines or antidepressants. Sometimes prostate enlargement is caused by infections or diseases unrelated to age. It is generally classified into acute or chronic urinary retention.
Blockage obstruction of the tube passing urine out from the bladder the urethra A common cause of a blockage for men is prostate gland enlargement. Drugs - antidepressants nasal decongestants anaesthetic. The other dynamic is from an increasein the muscle tone within and around the urethra as in with benign prostatic hypertrophy and hyperplasia.
Because of the complex mechanism of micturition many drugs can interact with the. Causes specific to men Obstruction. Urinary retention can be described as the inability to void volitionally despite an adequate volume of urine in the bladder.
It is a common complaint in adults especially among elderly males with benign prostatic hyperplasia. Gently massaging the suprapubic region while the child. As previously noted this is a condition where the prostate is enlarged.
