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What Causes Urinary Retention?

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Posted on Wed, 27 Apr 2016
Question: Had an issue with slow urination. This evening it came to almost a complete stop. When I have to urinate it is very slow, some pain and difficult completely empty my bladder.
I have had slow urination, but this worsened very suddenly this evening
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Answered by Dr. Manuel C See IV (22 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
You may have prostate enlargement

Detailed Answer:
Good day and thank you for being with healthcare magic! Your symptoms are clearly a sign of prostate enlargement and prostate obstruction. Have you had a prostate checkup before?

An enlarged prostate causes impedance in the urine flow making it hard for you to urinate. Patients with abnormal urination also are more prone to get infection (UTI).

If you are unable to urinate now or just trickles of urine comes out then you should proceed to the emergency room for urethral catheterization to drain you urine.

I hope I have succeeded in providing the information you were looking for. Please feel free to write back to me for any further clarifications at: http://www.HealthcareMagic.com/doctors/dr-manuel-c-see-iv/66014 I would gladly help you. Best wishes.
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What Causes Urinary Retention?

Brief Answer: You may have prostate enlargement Detailed Answer: Good day and thank you for being with healthcare magic! Your symptoms are clearly a sign of prostate enlargement and prostate obstruction. Have you had a prostate checkup before? An enlarged prostate causes impedance in the urine flow making it hard for you to urinate. Patients with abnormal urination also are more prone to get infection (UTI). If you are unable to urinate now or just trickles of urine comes out then you should proceed to the emergency room for urethral catheterization to drain you urine. I hope I have succeeded in providing the information you were looking for. Please feel free to write back to me for any further clarifications at: http://www.HealthcareMagic.com/doctors/dr-manuel-c-see-iv/66014 I would gladly help you. Best wishes.