At the same time, they also filter out a few different types of waste: a molecule called urea made up nitrogen, a byproduct of your cells' metabolism , chloride, sodium, potassium, and creatinine.
All this flows into a small muscular sack: your bladder. Recent research using MRIs has shown that this communication system is fairly complex: the signal is processed by five to seven different areas of the brain, which send a signal instructing your bladder muscles to contract and your urethral sphincter a pair of ring-shaped muscles that allow urine to flow from your bladder to your urethra to relax.
There's a widespread belief that, ideally, your urine should be perfectly clear at all times — a sign that you're well-hydrated. In reality, however, having totally clear urine may be a sign that you're actually drinking too much water. For most people, I just say, 'Drink when you're thirsty. Doctors generally recommend that your urine is either a "pale straw" or transparent yellow color, although it's not a huge deal if it's a bit darker or lighter unless you have a condition that requires you to be especially well-hydrated at all times.
Other colors — like pink, red, orange, or green — could be a sign of a kidney or liver disorder, or could just be the result of food coloring in something you ate. About this much. Oleg Sklyanchuk. Despite how long you might pee for after holding it for a while, your bladder might be smaller than you realize. For people with various bladder, kidney, or prostate conditions, this can vary widely in both directions. While it's generally a good practice to go when you need to, when the occasion calls for you to hold it for a little while, it probably won't do you any harm.
You probably wouldn't. It's definitely a myth, meanwhile, that holding it too long can make your bladder burst unless you recently had a bladder reconstructed from other body tissue due to bladder cancer.
There also isn't evidence that holding it for excessive lengths of time increases the risk of UTIs more on those below. Under both normal circumstances and dire straits , it's an absolutely terrible idea to drink your own pee. The reason is twofold.
One is that contrary to popular belief, urine is not sterile. Drinking it puts you at risk of infection from the bacteria living in it. The second reason is that apart from water, everything else in urine is waste that your body is trying to get rid of.
Normally, that just constitutes 5 percent of urine, but if you're dehydrated, it'll make up a greater percentage. Taking in too much urea and other waste further dehydrates you and puts you at risk of kidney failure, as the organs work to filter out double or more the usual amount. Some ways you can accomplish this include:. Bladder training is a preventive method that helps you retrain your bladder to hold more urine. This is a mind-body approach that helps your brain and bladder learn to tolerate the presence of more urine before creating the urge that you have to go right away.
Some people may try to cheat their bladder training by cutting down how much they drink in a day. You still need fluids to stay healthy and prevent dehydration. There are some ways that you can still hydrate without triggering your bladder. This includes stopping drinking anything about one to two hours before going to bed.
For example, you can drink a glass or two of water about 30 minutes before you eat a meal. When you go to the bathroom too frequently, learning to hold your pee can be helpful. Has your urine color changed from its normal hue? Find out what causes bright-yellow urine, from dietary changes to underlying conditions. The reverse is true. As with any muscle, if you don't exercise it, it will get weaker.
If you don't allow the bladder to stretch from time to time it will become over-sensitive, so if you go out and need to hang on, symptoms will be worse than ever. This brings me to the subject of bladder retraining. This basically involves keeping a diary for days of when you pee and how much urine you pass.
You then try to hang on for as long as possible between trips to the toilet. Keep going with the diary which should show that you are going less frequently but passing larger quantities of urine each time. The aim is to go every hours. You need to keep up the training for several weeks The expectation is that after a few months your bladder emptying frequency will be no different from anybody else's. Bladder retraining requires persistence and commitment.
AkaMisery didn't find it helpful to start with, but after encouragement from Middlechild79 she took it up again.
It's best done with the encouragement and support of a continence advisor, doctor or nurse. More details of this method can be found in our overactive bladder leaflet. Inevitably, our forum posters have tried a variety of medication for their condition. Middlechild79 was started on oxybutynin , which belongs to a group of medicines called antimuscarinics. These work by blocking some of the nerves to the bladder, relaxing the bladder muscle and increasing capacity.
OABgal has tried solifenacin and mentioned tolterodine, which also belong to this group. Anne found the antidepressant amitriptyline helped her get through the night, but this is more likely to be due to its sedative effect than anything else. Mirabegron is a more recent medicine that has become available. It works in a different way to antimuscarinics but also relaxes the bladder muscle.
Forum posters have pursued a bewildering array of other treatments in order to control their symptoms. The good news is that quite a few of them have been successful, although it has taken a long time - sometimes years - to achieve their objective. Middlechild79 has tried botulinum toxin A injections and stimulation of the nerves to the bladder, using electrodes. What helps some fall asleep may help you resist the urge to pee.
Try counting backwards from or mentally singing the alphabet song backwards. The point is that it needs to work for you specifically. Loosen up, gal! You just need to focus on moving in the right way. Lean forward to take some of the pressure off and hopefully feel a bit of relief. You can also whip your pelvic floor muscles into shape by doing Kegel exercises in your spare time which will help sneaky leaks from sneaking out.
All of these strategies are about taking the pressure off of your bladder.
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