What is urinary retention?
Urinary retention occurs when your bladder does not empty completely or at all when you urinate. Your bladder functions as a urine storage tank. Urine is made up of waste that your kidneys filter out of your blood.
What causes chronic urinary retention?
Urinary retention can happen for several different reasons.
- A clog in the passage of urine from your body.
- Medications you are taking for various ailments.
- Nerve problems that disrupt communication between your brain and urine system.
- Infections and swelling that make it difficult for urine to leave your body.
- Complications and side effects of medications given to you for a surgical procedure.