The 2010 Spring Festival travel rush will begin on January 30. In the past, during the journeys of the travel rush season, it was very common that people suffered from urinary system diseases because they held their urine instead of relieving themselves due to the difficulty in finding toilets. The other day, a great number of urological experts once again emphasized that all those who are returning home and traveling should be careful about holding their urine.
Research surveys have indicated that the incidence rate of urinary tract infection among those whose urination is not smooth is 12 times higher than normal people. This is because the bladder detrusor muscle becomes loose and the muscle tension decreases when the bladder is overfilled for a long time, which leads to urine retention and then develops into overflow incontinence. As the female urethra is shorter, holding urine more easily causes ascending urinary tract bacterial infections, and severe cases may even cause pyelonephritis.
Experts also reminded patients with enlarged prostate or prostatitis that as their urethras are originally narrow and small, they find it more difficult to urinate than normal people. Holding urine forcibly can easily lead to urine retention. Additionally, holding urine for a long time will put the prostate under pressure, directly leading to chronic congestion and stasis and local metabolic by-products accumulation, all of which easily aggravate or trigger prostatitis.
Therefore, it is wrong not to drink water in order to avoid going to the toilet when taking trains home during the Spring Festival travel rush. Even if it is crowded and troublesome to go to the toilet, one should relieve oneself when feeling the urge to urinate.