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  • Passing slightly less urine than usual

  • Passing much less urine than normal

  • Haven't passed urine in more than 12 hours

  • Difficult to urinate after vigorous exercise

  • Hardly passing urine

  • Pass less urine after vigorous exercise

  • Slight decreased output of urine

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Content updated on Nov 2, 2022

What is urinary retention?

Urinary retention is a condition where the bladder doesn't empty completely or at all during urination. It can be acute—a sudden inability to urinate, or chronic—a gradual inability to fully empty the bladder of urine.

Symptoms of urinary retention

  • Decrease in urine volume

  • Unable to pass urine for 12 hours or more

Questions your doctor may ask to check for urinary retention

Your doctor may ask these questions to diagnose urinary retention

  • Are you passing less urine?

  • Has it been more than 12 hours since you last passed urine?

Treatment for urinary retention

Treatment for urinary retention depends on whether it is acute. For the acute form, a catheter is inserted into the urethra to drain the bladder. Treatment of the chronic form depends on the cause.

View the symptoms of Urinary retention

  • Low urine output

References

  • Billet M, Windsor TA. Urinary Retention. Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2019 Nov;37(4):649-660. doi: 10.1016/j.emc.2019.07.005. Epub 2019 Aug 16. PMID: 31563200.

    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0733862719300690?via%3Dihub

  • Selius BA, Subedi R. Urinary retention in adults: diagnosis and initial management. Am Fam Physician. 2008 Mar 1;77(5):643-50. PMID: 18350762.

    https://www.aafp.org/pubs/afp/issues/2008/0301/p643.html

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