How is acute urinary retention treated?
Acute Urinary Retention This is a common urologic problem. The individual cannot pass urine, although it is present in the bladder . Retention has to be differentiated from the absence of urine formation, which is due to some form of kidney failure. Retention means that the force for the passage of urine is diminished or that the passage exit is blocked. The extent of urinary retention is evaluated by asking the individual to void and then demonstrating, by catheterization, that there is still a considerable volume of urine left in the bladder. I haven't been able to urinate normally for twelve hours and I have a severe pain in the lower abdomen. Can I get relief? You are correct in noting that the dribbling is not an adequate urination. It is a sign of urinary retention with a very full bladder that is overflowing without emptying. The pain in the lower abdomen is due to the distended bladder and will be alleviated when the bladder is emptied. Catheterization gives prompt...