Do you also feel the need to urinate frequently in winter, but due to laziness you keep it in check? Or when you feel the urge to urinate while sleeping at night, you postpone it till the morning? So let us tell you that this habit of yours can take a toll on your health.

Holding urine for a long time can give rise to many health problems. In this article, we are telling you about some health problems that arise due to holding urine for a long time during winter.

Why do I feel frequent urination in winter?

Before knowing the health problems caused by to retention of urine during winter, you have to understand what causes frequent urination in winter. Blood circulation increases to maintain normal body temperature in cold. In such a situation, it puts pressure on internal organs like kidneys and due to pressure on the kidneys, the rate of urine excretion also increases. Apart from this, there is less sweating in winter, hence the dirt from the body can come out only through urine. Therefore, more urine is released in winter.

Holding urine in winter can be dangerous

Looked at this way, excessive urination is normal during winter and when you hold it in, it hurts the body. Due to this, many types of health problems can arise. Let us now know about these problems which occur due to the retention of urine in winter.

Weakening of the urinary bladder

Holding urine can weaken your bladder and cause you to lose control over your urine. In such a situation, you may face the problem of not being able to control urination, feeling the urge to urinate immediately after urinating, or intermittent urination.

Kidney problems

Holding urine for a long time also puts extra pressure on the kidneys. Because the kidneys excrete urine depending on the physical condition and activities. But when that urine is retained for a long time, it hurts the functioning of the kidneys and can cause damage to them. Not only this, the risk of stones also increases due to stopping urination.

Risk of urine infection

There can also be a risk of urine infection due to stopping urination for a long time. In fact, due to the retention of wet urine in the urinary tract, the chances of bacteria growing increase and due to this, the risk of UTI and other infections increases. In such a situation, there is a burning sensation during urination, bleeding with urine and severe pain in the lower abdomen. Therefore, to avoid these, it would be better if you do not make the mistake of holding urine for a long time.

This is how you can control excessive urination in winter.

Now you have understood that holding urine is dangerous for your health, hence you should not make this mistake at all. Yes, you can control the problem of excessive urination or frequent urination in winter to some extent. For this, keep your body warm, drink hot water instead of cold water when you feel thirsty and also do exercise so that the dirt can come out from the body through sweat.

We hope that this health-related information will prove useful for you and if you like this information then do not forget to share it with your friends and acquaintances. At the same time, if you also have any health-related problems or questions, then you can tell us, and we will get information about your problem from experts and provide it to you. For this, you can send your questions to us at this email ID (yashodhara.virodai@jagrannewmedia.com).

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