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Symptom: Urine retention



Introduction: Urine retention

Urine retention: Excessive holding of urine in the body. See free access online books about Urine retention below. See detailed information below for a list of 143 causes of Urine retention, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Causes of Urine retention:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Urine retention. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

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Causes of Types of Urine retention:

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Urine retention: Multiple Symptom Checker

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Home Diagnostic Testing and Urine retention

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Causes of General Symptom Types

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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Urine retention

Research the causes of these symptoms that are similar to, or related to, the symptom Urine retention:

  • Urinary difficulty, urinary urgency, urinary symptoms

Diagnostic Guides for Urine retention

Medical Books Excerpts Read excerpts from published book sections related to Urine retention from the following published medical books for more detailed information about Urine retention. Free access (no registration): read all online diagnostic book sections about Urine retention

Medical Books Excerpts
  • "In a Page: Signs and Symptoms"
  • "In a Page: Signs and Symptoms"
  • "In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms"
  • "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care"
  • "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care"
  • "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care"
  • "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)"
  • "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)"
  • "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)"
  • "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)"
  • "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)"
  • "A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis"
  • "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)"
  • "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)"
  • "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)"
  • "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)"
  • "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)"
  • "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)"
  • "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)"
  • "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter"
  • "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter"
  • "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter"
  • "Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis"
  • "Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis"
  • "Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis"
  • "Handbook of Diseases"
  • "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series"
  • "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series"
  • "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses"
  • "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses"
  • "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses"
  • "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses"
  • "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses"
  • "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses"
  • "The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics"
  • "The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics"
  • "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms"
  • "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms"
  • "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms"
  • "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms"
  • "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms"
  • "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms"

Copyright notice for book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Misdiagnosis and Urine retention

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Stories from Users for Urine retention

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Causes of Urine retention listed in Disease Database:

Other medical conditions listed in the Disease Database as possible causes of Urine retention as a symptom include:

See full list of 143 causes of Urine retention
- (Source - Diseases Database)

Medications or substances causing Urine retention:

The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible causes of Urine retention as a symptom. Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using, including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.

See full list of 53 medications causing Urine retention

Drug interactions causing Urine retention:

When combined, certain drugs, medications, substances or toxins may react causing Urine retention as a symptom. Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using, including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.

  • Amitriptyline (Elavil) and Duloxetine (Cymbalta) interaction
  • Amoxapine (Asendin) and Duloxetine (Cymbalta) interaction
  • Clomipramine (Anafranil) and Duloxetine (Cymbalta) interaction
  • Desipramine (Norpramin) and Duloxetine (Cymbalta) interaction
  • Doxepin (Sinequan) and Duloxetine (Cymbalta) interaction

See full list of 2366 drug interactions causing Urine retention

Article Excerpts about Urine retention

Urinary retention , or bladder-emptying problems, is a common urological problem with many possible causes. Normally, urination can be initiated voluntarily and the bladder empties completely. Urinary retention is the abnormal holding of urine in the bladder. (Source: excerpt from Your Urinary System and How It Works: NIDDK)

Urinary retention , or bladder-emptying problems, is a common urological problem with many possible causes. Normally, urination can be initiated voluntarily and the bladder empties completely. Urinary retention is the abnormal holding of urine in the bladder. (Source: excerpt from Your Urinary System and How It Works: NIDDK)

Definitions of Urine retention:

Inability to urinate. The etiology of this disorder includes obstructive, neurogenic, pharmacologic, and psychogenic causes.
- (Source - Diseases Database)

Organs affected by Urine retention:

The list of organs typically affected by Urine retention may include, but is not limited to:

Detailed list of causes of Urine retention

The list below shows some of the causes of Urine retention mentioned in various sources:

See full list of 143 causes of Urine retention

How Common are these Causes of Urine retention?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Urine retention. Of the 143 causes of Urine retention that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

  • 2 causes are "very common" diseases
  • 4 causes are "common" diseases
  • 4 causes are "uncommon" diseases
  • 2 causes are "rare" diseases
  • 10 causes are "very rare" diseases
  • 125 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 143 causes of Urine retention

Conditions listing symptoms: Urine retention:

The following list of conditions have 'Urine retention' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

A

  • Acquired angioedema ... urinary retention
  • Acquired angioedema, type 1 ... urinary retention
  • Acquired angioedema, type 2 ... urinary retention
  • Acute intermittent porphyria ... urinary retention
  • Acute kidney failure ... reduced urine output
  • Acute Renal Failure ... decreased urine output/frequency of urination
  • Acute respiratory distress syndrome, Infant ... reduced urine output
  • Amitriptyline toxicity ... urinary retention
  • Amoxapine toxicity ... urinary retention
  • Anaesthesia complications ... Urinary retention
  • Anemic - hematuria syndrome ... reduced urination
  • Anuria ... lack of urine
  • Aortic arches defect ... reduced urine output
  • Azotemia, famial ... reduced urination

    B

  • Benign Prostate Hyperplasia ... difficulty starting urination, urinary hesitancy, urinary blockage, urinary blockage, weak urination
  • Bladder Cancer ... reduced urine
  • Bladder conditions ... Urinary retention
  • Bladder diverticulum ... urinary hesitancy
  • Bladder papilloma ... urinary retention
  • Botulism food poisoning ... urine retention, urinary retention
  • Bright's Disease ... reduced urination
  • Bywaters' syndrome ... reduced urination

    C

  • Cardiomyopathy, Alcoholic ... reduced urination
  • Cast syndrome ... reduced urination
  • Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome ... reduced urine output
  • Cauda equina syndrome ... inability to urinate
  • Cholera ... reduced urine, reduced urination
  • Chromosome 19p duplication syndrome ... urinary obstruction
  • Chronic Fatigue Syndrome ... urinary retention
  • Chronic Kidney Disease ... infrequent urination
  • Clomipramine Toxicity ... urinary retention
  • Cystocele ... urine retention

    D

  • D-plus hemolytic uremic syndrome (D+HUS) ... reduced urination
  • Degenerative Disc Disease ... urinary retention
  • Dehydration ... infrequent urination, reduced urine
  • Desipramine toxicity ... urinary retention
  • Diarrhea ... infrequent urination
  • Dobriner syndrome ... urinary retention
  • Doxepin toxicity ... urinary retention
  • Duodenal atresia ... cessation of urination
  • Duodenal atresia tetralogy of Fallot ... cessation of urination

    E

  • Eclampsia ... reduced urine
  • End-stage renal disease ... Reduced urine, Total lack of urine
  • Enlarged prostate ... difficulty starting urination, urinary hesitancy, urinary blockage, urinary blockage, weak urination
  • Eosinophilic cystitis ... urinary retention

    F

  • Familial visceral myopathy ... urinary retention
  • Fowler-Christmas-Chapple syndrome ... urinary retention

    G

  • Gastrointestinal bleeding ... reduced urine
  • Glomerulonephritis ... reduced urine, reduced urination
  • Goodpasture syndrome ... reduced urine

    H

  • Heat exhaustion ... reduced urination
  • HELLP syndrome ... reduced urination
  • Hemolytic uremic syndrome ... reduced urine, reduced urination
  • Hemolytic uremic syndrome, atypical, childhood ... reduced urination
  • Hepatorenal Syndrome ... reduced urination
  • Hereditary angioedema, type 1 ... urinary retention
  • Hereditary angioedema, type 2 ... urinary retention
  • Hereditary angioedema, type III ... urinary retention
  • Hydronephrosis ... reduced urine output
  • Hyperemesis Gravidarum ... reduced urination

    I

  • Imipramine toxicity ... urinary retention

    K

  • Kidney failure ... Reduced urine, Total lack of urine

    L

  • Lichen sclerosis ... urethral narrowing

    M

  • McKusick-Kaufman syndrome ... urinary obstruction
  • Megaduodenum ... urinary retention
  • Multiple system atrophy ... urinary retention
  • Munk disease ... reduced urine output
  • Myelitis ... urinary retention

    N

  • Nephritis ... reduced urine
  • Nephrotic syndrome ... reduced urine output
  • Neurogenic bladder ... urinary retention
  • Nortriptyline toxicity ... urinary retention

    O

  • OHSS ... reduced urination
  • Orotic aciduria hereditary ... urinary obstruction
  • Oroticaciduria 1 ... urinary obstruction
  • Orotidylic decarboxylase deficiency ... urinary obstruction
  • Oxalosis ... lack of urine production
  • Oxalosis, type I ... lack of urine production
  • Oxalosis, Type II ... lack of urine production

    P

  • Perirectal abscess ... urinary retention
  • Phyllodes tumor of the prostate ... urinary obstruction
  • Plant poisoning - Angel's trumpet (D. suaveolans) ... urinary retention
  • Plant poisoning - Jimsonweed (Datura stramonium) ... urinary retention
  • Plant poisoning - potato (Solanum tuberosum) ... urinary retention
  • Polyarteritis nodosa ... reduced urine
  • Posterior valve, urethra ... anuria
  • Prostate Cancer ... difficulty starting urination, urinary obstruction, Inability to urinate, interrupted urine flow, interrupted urine flow, Weak urine flow, Weak urine flow
  • Prostate conditions ... urinary hesitancy, urinary blockage, urinary blockage, weak urination
  • Prostatic abscess ... urinary retention
  • Prostatic Stromal Proliferations of Uncertain Malignant Potential ... urinary obstruction, urinary retention
  • Protriptyline toxicity ... urinary retention
  • Prune belly syndrome ... urinary obstruction
  • Pulmonary branches stenosis ... reduced urination

    R

  • Rénon-Delille syndrome ... reduced urination
  • Retroperitoneal fibrosis ... reduced urination
  • Rhabdomyosarcoma ... urinary retention
  • Rhabdomyosarcoma, embryonal ... urinary retention
  • Rhabdomyosarcoma, embryonal 1 ... urinary retention
  • Rhabdomyosarcoma, embryonal 2 ... urinary retention

    S

  • Schroeder syndrome 1 ... reduced urination
  • Septic abortion ... reduced urine output
  • Shock ... reduced urination
  • Shock, Hemorrhagic ... reduced urination
  • Spirochetes disease ... reduced urine output

    T

  • Tetanus ... urine retention
  • Transthyretin amyloidosis ... urinary retention
  • Transverse myelitis ... urinary retention
  • Trimipramine toxicity ... urinary retention

    U

  • Urethral cancer ... weak urine flow
  • Urethral obstruction sequence ... Anuria
  • Urethral stricture ... urinary blockage, chronic urine retention, reduced urine, urine retention
  • Urinary stones ... urinary blockage, chronic urine retention, reduced urine
  • Urinary tract infections ... reduced urine
  • Urinary tract infections (child) ... reduced urine
  • Urine retention ... reduced urine, urine retention
  • Uterine prolapse ... difficulty starting urination

    V

  • Variegate porphyria ... urinary retention

    W

  • Waterhouse-Friederichsen syndrome ... reduced urination
  • Weil syndrome ... reduced urine output

    Y

  • Yellow fever ... lack of urine, reduced urine

    Conditions listing complications: Urine retention:

    The following list of conditions have 'Urine retention' or similar listed as a complication in our database. The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear, and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

    A

  • Autonomic neuropathy ... urine retention

    B

  • Benign Prostate Hyperplasia ... urinary blockage, acute urinary retention

    C

  • Chronic Granulomatous Disease ... urinary blockage

    D

  • Diabetic neuropathy ... urine retention

    E

  • Enlarged prostate ... urinary blockage

    L

  • Lassa fever ... Anuria

    N

  • Neurogenic bladder ... urinary retention

    O

  • Oxalosis ... reduced urination
  • Oxalosis, type I ... reduced urination
  • Oxalosis, Type II ... reduced urination

    U

  • Urethral stricture ... chronic urine retention
  • Urinary stones ... urinary blockage, chronic urine retention, urine retention

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  • Causes of Urine retention Based on Risk Factors

    This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Urine retention based on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:

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  • Diabetes - history of diabetes or family history of diabetes?
  • Sexual activity - history of sexual behavior?

    What are the alternative names for Urine retention:

    Bladder distension, Distended bladder, Urinary retention
    - (Source - Diseases Database)

    Classifications of Urine retention:

    Subtypes of Urine retention:

    Inability to urinate (2 causes), Reduced urine (74 causes), Weak urination (74 causes), Lack of urine (74 causes), Infrequent urination (4 causes), Urinary hesitancy (4 causes), Urinary dribbling (3 causes), Urethral obstruction (4 causes)

    Medical Conditions associated with Urine retention:

    Urinary symptoms (667 causes), Urinary difficulty (396 causes), Bladder symptoms (601 causes), Urinary problems (622 causes), Sexual symptoms (1171 causes)

    Symptoms related to Urine retention:

    Urinary difficulty, urinary urgency, urinary symptoms

    Urine retention as a disease:

    For a more detailed analysis of Urine retention as a disease, please see our Disease Center information for Urine retention.

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