Your Organs When You Hold Your Pee For A Long Time
What happens inside your body when you hold your pee on a road trip? Six hours of highway. One giant soda. And a driver who never stops.
In this episode of Organ Drama, we follow that soda all the way down: the food pipe, Stomach, Guts, the blood and the Kidneys, until it lands on the smallest organ with the biggest problem. Bladder politely asks for a bathroom. Brain has one answer: "We'll stop at the next one."
The gauge climbs. A road sign begs. Germs move in for a pool party. And the Gate, the tiny muscle that holds it all in, only obeys the boss.
A funny human body animation about how your body makes pee, how your bladder tells your brain it's full, and what can happen when you hold it for hours.
CHAPTERS
00:00 Six hours, one giant soda, no stops
00:20 Where does your drink go? First stop: Stomach
00:40 How your intestines absorb water
00:58 How your kidneys make pee
01:21 Meet Bladder and the Gate
01:48 "We'll stop at the next one"
02:12 Germs find a pool party
02:37 Why the urge to pee comes in waves
03:11 Can your bladder burst?
03:41 Why it gets worse near the toilet
04:02 Is holding your pee bad for you?
04:14 Ooh. A free refill
Team STOP NOW or team NEXT ONE? Tell us who drives in your family.
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A few bladder facts:
Holding it for a short while is usually fine. Holding it for long periods, again and again, can stretch the bladder and make an infection more likely.
Holding it doesn't create germs. But if bacteria get into the bladder, urine that sits there for a long time gives them more time to multiply. Peeing helps flush them out.
The National Institute on Aging suggests using the bathroom when you need to, and trying to go at least every 3 to 4 hours.
A healthy bladder is very unlikely to burst from holding it. You lose control first.
Every bladder is different. The numbers on Bladder's gauge belong to this cartoon bladder, not to everyone.
Burning when you pee, a frequent urge to go, pain in your lower belly, or cloudy, bloody or strong-smelling pee can be signs of a bladder infection. Talk to a health care professional.
Sources:
NIDDK — The urinary tract and how it works:
https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-info...
NIDDK — Bladder infection (UTI) in adults:
https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-info...
National Institute on Aging — 15 tips to keep your bladder healthy:
https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/bladde...
Harvard Health — Can your bladder burst from holding it too long?
https://www.health.harvard.edu/stayin...
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