Is it dangerous to hold it in when you have to pee?

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Not DANGEROUS persay. It won't kill you. But you can get Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) which are extremely uncomfortable and annoying. Not to count they can get worse really easily and progress to kidney infections and more.

Never pass up an oppurtunity to pee!

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yes it is it can cause urinary tract infections and make it to where u have problems peeing when u finally do go

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YES! i used to do it all the time when I was a lil girl, not wanting to miss anything. I got UTI's all the time and kidney infections. If you do it here and there, no biggie. Otherwise i'd go if you have to go. I never heard of anyone dying over it. but when you gotta go. you gotta go.

I've experienced some bad issues from holding in my pee and forgetting that I actually had to go until it turns worse. Not sure why it does that, but it does sometimes. But bottom line, if you have to go, then damn go.

Yeah, it's not good for your kidneys at all

Nope, its called Kegal. If you hold the sensation you are strengthening the urethra. It is very good muscle contraction to have, especially in the later years of life when incontinence is very common. well for hrs on end i am sure that it cause one heck of a bad bladder infection!

You can cause some trouble there, yes.

Don't make a habit of it.

YES!! if your body tells you it needs to go then go or it will cause major problems latter on Scientists discovered that going to the bathroom every hour can lower your risk of bladder cancer. I read it in a magazine a while back.

It can also make your back teeth float away too!

Yes.Tycho Brahe was at a dinner and declined to urinate, developed an infection and died from it.

We can look at the other side of the wet coin. Drinking enough is good. Exercising after doing no activity releases a lot of material from the muscles. This has to have time to pass out of the blood . If the muscles don't get an oil change then you feel stiff. But sometimes the bus stop takes a few minutes longer than we would like and we need to practice holding a bit. yea! and it's embarassing if you fail to hold it too! =P

It's not life-threatening dangerous, but it's very bad for your kidneys, bladder and urinary tract. Better get out of that habit.

YES! THIS IS BAD TO DO. If you hold it in, you are making yourself prone to getting a bad urinary tract infection. So if you gotta go, dont hold it in.
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other than UTI's, if you hold it long enough it can cause bladder distention-where your bladder streches to hold the urine. this can easily cause urinary incontinence. if this happens, you will pee whether you want to or not. i would not wait that long.

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