Regular urination while taking a shower is a bad habit for women, which is associated with the development of various disorders, a gynecologist states.
Only a few admit to this, but most still do: we are talking about urinating standing up when taking a shower. Gynecologist Tatyana Koledova explained in an interview with MedikForum why women should not urinate in this way regularly.
If you do this all the time, you may have problems with the bladder in the medium and long term, the physician emphasized.
According to the gynecologist, the female anatomy is not designed to urinate standing up. In this case, the pelvic floor muscles in the female body cannot completely relax, which means that the bladder does not empty completely. This feature increases the risk of developing infectious, inflammatory phenomena, Koledova noted.
In addition, the urine remaining in the bladder irritates it, provoking frequent urge to go to the toilet. Frequent urination, in turn, weakens the bladder, impairing its ability to hold even an adequate volume of fluid.
The specialist also named another circumstance against urination in the shower. Referring to Pavlov's experiment with a dog, Koledova said that any person who regularly urinates while taking a shower will eventually form a strong association in the brain between the sound of running water and the need to urinate. The formation of such a reflex can seriously complicate life, since the need for a toilet because of it will arise at inopportune, uncomfortable moments.
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“Bladder dysfunction, which can occur due to frequent urination while standing in women, seriously increases the risk of such problems for them as loss of control over it and involuntary urination.”
Therefore the gynecologist advises to go to the toilet, as usual, before taking a shower.
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