Symptoms in Urology: Acute urinary retention

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The bladder is full, you must go to the toilet, but you can not.
Of acute urinary retention is when there is an inability to empty the bladder, although it is completely filled, and although the person feels the urge to urinate. Then, when the bladder is completely full, failure of the bladder sphincter. As a result, it comes to the so-called dribbling. It also speaks of the overflow bladder.


Acute urinary retention may be caused by non-urological diseases.
This may be due
urine flow obstruction, when the clogged or narrowed urethra is strong, eg of stones, by an injury or tumors, etc. In a herniated disc, or even with multiple sclerosis may occur due to nerve damage, acute urinary retention.


The urine is drained with a catheter.
The symptoms are a painful urge to urinate without voiding, urinary retention and possibly anuria. In cases of acute urinary retention is usually placed a urethral catheter, either temporarily or permanently remains in the urethra.

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