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Urinary Retention
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Also known as: ischuria · urinary retention · urinary obstruction · urine retention · inability to urinate · retentio urinae · can't pee · acute urinary retention · bladder overdistension
Your Body Is Speaking
Your bladder is full — but nothing moves. The pressure is there, the body urges, and yet nothing opens. Urinary retention is one of the most physically pressing states there is: you feel clearly that something needs to come out, and at the same time everything stays locked. Medically, this can have many causes — from an enlarged prostate to neurological conditions. And every one of those causes deserves medical evaluation, because acute urinary retention can be a medical emergency.
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