Don’t diss your piss: This habit can harm your bladder
There is a really gross thing which you regularly do when you shower which might be harmful. A pelvic floor specialist warns women to stop urinating in the shower.
Shower (photo credit: INGIMAGE)
A pelvic floor specialist talked about why it’s forbidden to pee in the shower, and not just because it’s disgusting.
Dr. Alicia Jeffrey-Thomas turned to TikTok to ask women to stop the controversial habit of urinating when they shower, arguing that it could have "serious consequences" in the future - or even sooner.
In
the video she also warned of other bad habits that damage the bladder,
all of which will lead to a constant urge to run to the bathroom.
According to Dr. Jeffrey-Thomas, urinating in the shower is a bad habit for the pelvic floor.
She
explained to BuzzFeed: Urine signals when it needs to be released from
the body. We want to avoid training our bladder to link certain signals
with the urge to urinate. In this case, the habit of peeing in the
shower links the sound of running water to urination.
"It can often make you feel the need to urinate
when you hear running water, like when you turn on the tap to wash your
hands or dishes, or when you are near water reservoirs,” she said.
Dr. Jeffrey-Thomas noted other bad habits that may harm the pelvic
floor, such as pushing to release urine or feces, hovering over a toilet
and doing pelvic floor exercises without consulting a fitness expert or
trainer. She also talked about our habit of "peeing anyway" when we
leave the house.
She claims it's a mistake to pee every time we leave the house or a place of entertainment just in case we need to go again on our way, but said there are exceptional cases.
“It's
okay to ‘pee just in case’ when it comes to urinating before bed,
before and after sex or before a long drive in a car, of an hour or
more,” she said. "The correct frequency to urinate is every three to
four hours, or at a minimum two hours - and don’t wake up at night.”
Other experts have previously warned against the "urinate just in case" habit.
Prof.
Stargios Domochatis, a leading expert in urogynecology, told the Sun,
“Sometimes it’s okay to do it. If you pee ‘in case’ infrequently, it
won’t harm you. However, it may cause problems if you pee ‘in case’
often.
“For example, if you teach elementary school and pee between
lessons ‘in case’ just so you won’t need to leave during class time,
this can cause changes in bladder function."
He
added that “basically, you make your bladder more sensitive. The
bladder learns to give you signals that it is 'full' when it’s not, and
often in lower volumes. The bladder’s urination function may be harmed.
The bladder won’t really be smaller anatomically, but functionally it
will definitely be affected. The bladder becomes more sensitive quite
quickly, even within two weeks."
The
good news is that there are different bladder training techniques that
will repair the damage in just a few weeks, with the main thing-apart
from changing the habits we mentioned, is to make sure you don’t drink
too much or too little water.
Prof.
Domochatis recommends 1.5 to two liters of water per day, or about
three liters if it is a particularly hot day or you’re doing physical
training.
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