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Could you push your urine out with a foley catheter in?

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Dr. Glenn Messina answered

Specializes in Aesthetic Medicine

Yes: If you try to urinate contracting your bladder you will force urine out through and maybe around the catheter. The catheter is there si you don't have to force to urinate and allow fro bladder drainage in critical conditions when you may not be able to urinate

Dr Munshower agreed

Answered 7/20/2018

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