If You Peeing In The Shower, Stop Immediately, and This is Exact Position You Should Sit In Every Time To Prevent Health Problems
Dr. Teresa Irwin, a urogynecologist, took to TikTok to share her thoughts on the subject.
She said that while it allows for proper bladder emptying while standing, it also trains the brain to release urine every time you hear the water running.
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‘You don’t want to do it all the time because what happens is every time you hear the sound of water your bladder is going to want to pee – because it’s used to hearing the sound of the water in the shower,’ she explained.
‘So whenever you’re washing your hands, washing the dishes, your bladder is going to be salivating so to speak because it wants to go and pee.’
It echoes the sentiments of Dr. Alicia Jeffrey-Thomas,
who took to TikTok last summer to warn her followers that taking a pee shower could actually have “huge consequences” down the road.
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Dr Jeffrey-Thomas explained: “If you pee in the shower or turn on the faucet or turn on the shower and then sit on the toilet to pee while the water is running, you’re creating an association in your brain between the sound of running water and having to pee.
“Combo that with pelvic floor dysfunction, either now or down the line and that’s gonna potentially lead to some leak issues when you hear running water outside of the shower.
“Unfortunately, those of us that were assigned female at birth and have that anatomy, we’re not designed to pee standing up… your pelvic floor isn’t going to be relaxing properly meaning that we’re not going to be emptying our bladder super well.”
Offering her 659,000 social media followers some advice, Dr Jeffrey-Thomas added: “Try and pee before you even turn on the shower or water and if you get the urge while you’re in the shower, try to ignore it.”
Source:dailymail.co.uk, nationaldailyng.com
