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Should i continue to drink fluids with acute urinary retention? the more i drink the more uncomfortable and pain i am in and can't pass urine
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Here are some ...: With "normally" healthy kidneys, drinking more water forces kidneys to excrete more urine to avoid water intoxication but to fill up the bladder faster to its overdistention resulting in more damage to the bladder. So, to confirm if you indeed have acute u-retention, go to urgent care or ER for evaluation by checking urinalysis with properly collected urine and residual urine after detailed Hx ...
Answered 3/28/2015
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