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What Happens If Hold Your Pee In For A Really Long Time?

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Holding in your pee can be an unpleasant, foot-tapping, leg-crossing experience. But don’t get swept away by urban legends: your bladder probably won’t pop. Probably.

That said, holding in your pee likely won't do you any favors, either. Years of regular pee-holding can increase your risk of urinary tract infections and a condition called urinary retention, where you bladder cannot fully empty.

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As Gerald Timm, a urological researcher at the University of Minnesota, told Popular Science, "The bladder's kind of like a pond. Not draining properly allows bacteria to build up, and that leads to infection."

Check out this video by YouTube channel SciShow, all about the science of taking a leak, and why it’s unlikely (although not impossible) that you’ll ever catch a nasty case of popped bladder.

 

 


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