Urinary retention is an inability to completely empty your bladder. There are two main types of urinary retention: Chronic bladder retention is an ongoing condition that develops over time. You may be ...

Medically reviewed by Scott Sundick, MD Urinary retention—the complete inability to urinate—can occur after surgery and may ...

Practicing responsive bodily awareness prevents potential health issues. Chronic urinary retention can lead to bladder distension, increased infection risks, and potential kidney complications.

Its effectiveness for chronic urinary retention might be mediated through S3 nerve root stimulation and reflex relaxation of the spastic pelvic floor and external urethral sphincter. To date ...

A chronic urinary tract infection is a repeated or prolonged bacterial infection of the bladder or urethra, the tube that carries urine from the bladder out of the body. While urinary tract infections ...