Table of Contents
- Overview
- Treatment
- Prevention
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Delayed urination; Hesitancy; Difficulty initiating urination
Home Care
- Monitor, record, and report your urination patterns to your doctor.
- Apply heat to your lower abdomen (below your belly button and above the pubic bone). This is where the bladder lies. The heat relaxes muscles and aids urination.
- Massage or place light pressure over your bladder to stimulate emptying.
- Drink plenty of fluid
- For infections, antibiotics from your doctor will be needed. Symptoms that suggest a possible infection include burning or pain with urination, frequent urination, cloudy urine, and a sense of urgency (strong, sudden urge to urinate).
- Pay close attention to any medicines or supplements you take.
Call your health care provider if
If you have not been evaluated for this problem previously, you should call your doctor for urinary hesitancy, dribbling, or weak urine stream.
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Urination Prevention
Review Date: 09/30/2009
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of
General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington
School of Medicine; and Scott Miller, MD, Urologist in private
practice in Atlanta, GA. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA,
Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
