Can holding pee cause kidney stones?
Because of my work, I sometimes have to hold my pee for a long time. My grandmother warned me this can cause kidney stones. Is that actually true?
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6 months ago
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Bro, yes, absolutely. I used to hold my pee for hours during long gaming sessions and ended up with a painful kidney stone last year. The doctor told me that when urine sits in the bladder for too long, minerals concentrate and crystallize. Just go to the washroom when you need to!
6 months ago
Holding your urine regularly is a terrible habit and definitely increases the risk of both UTIs and kidney stones. If you are sitting in traffic or meetings all day, you need to plan your hydration and washroom breaks better. Don't ruin your kidneys for a presentation.
7 months ago
My hydration tracker app always reminds me to drink water, but the other half of the equation is emptying your bladder on time. Stagnant urine allows minerals to bind together, forming stones. Try setting a bi-hourly timer to make sure you aren't ignoring your body's signals.
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5 months ago
Yes, holding it in makes the urine highly concentrated, which is how stones start forming. Along with not holding your pee, try drinking barley water (jaau ka paani) or fresh coconut water daily to flush out the system. It really helped my husband when he had mild stone pain.
5 months ago
I have to be very careful with my kidneys due to my high blood pressure, and my nephrologist strictly warned me against holding urine. It concentrates calcium and uric acid, which directly leads to stone formation. Make sure to get your routine kidney function tests and ultrasound done yearly.