Retention Of Urine: Ayurvedic & Herbal Treatment

       

    A major problem but most common in elderly male. In simple language it is a very complicated condition when you can't pass your urine in full flow and it requires extra time where as some amount of urine may retain in the bladder every time if you are untreated. In Ayurveda there are few wonderful medicines that can help you.

Causes:

• Stricture in the Urethra
• Chronic Inflammation in the urethra
• Nerve dysfunction like pelvic splanchic nerve damage
• BPH 
• Prostatitis
• Cystitis
• Congenital deformity in ureteral valve
• Chronic UTI
• Prostate malignancies
• Malignancies in anywhere in the pelvic area
• Any post operative trauma
• Surgical complication
• Any STD infection lesion
• Phimosis
• Any stone obstruction
• Certain drug intake like atropine
• Complication due to medical procedures like catheter removal or insertion or cystoscopy
• Mental retardation\
• Tethered spinal cord syndrome
• Shy bladder syndrome

Symptoms:

• Painful micturition means pain during passing urine.
• Burning sensation in urethra after passing urine (If this is the only symptom, then the infection is most likely urethritis, an infection limited to the urethra.)
• Mild to severe raise of temperature with chill and rigor (Occasionally)
• Pain in the lower abdomen (just 3/4 finger bellow the umbilicus 
• Pain in the pelvic area or back.
• Vomiting and nausea.
• Passing urine drop by drop

Investigations:

• Urine routine examination
• Urine for Culture and sensitivity
• Blood Routine Examination
• Blood sugar
• Serum Urea
• Serum Creatinine
• VDRL
• HIV-I, HIV-II
• Stool Routine Examination
• X ray plain abdomen (KUB)
• USG whole abdomen (Mainly KUB)

Complication:

• Hydronephrosis, the swelling of a kidney due to a back up of urine where underlying pathology may be obstruction due to infection.
• Loss of Libido is very commonly seen with other symptoms.
• Kidney infection, medically known as pyelonephritis, can happen when bacteria travel from the bladder to the kidneys.
• Kidney failure is when the kidneys stop working properly.
• Sepsis is a rare, but potentially fatal, complication of kidney infection. It happens when bacteria spreads from the kidneys into the bloodstream

Home Remedies:

• Plenty amount of fluid orally is mast and it is most effective way to wash out the germs from the body.
• Juice of Punarnava ( Boerhavia diffusa) plant is very much effective in UTI.
• Juice of Pashanbedh (Bryophyllum pinnata) is good when taken with powder of Gukshur (Tribulus terrestris) in UTI.
• Paste of Sandal wood and rose water with pasahnbedh ( Boerhavia diffusa) locally Pelvic(Supra) is very effective.
• Cold Milk is effective along with plenty of sugar.
• Tea is a very good diuretic.
• Coconut water is considered as useful in UTI.
• Gukshur (Tribulus terrestris) seeds with Roots of Aswagandha 

Medicines:

• Chandrapravha Vati (Classical)
• Subhra Parpati (Classical)
• Javaskar (Classical)
• Punarnavadhi Mandoor (Classical)
• Chandanadhi Vati (Classical)
• Gocchuradhi Guggulu (Classical)
• Chandrakala Ras (Classical)
• Varunadhya louha (Classical)
• Chandanadhi Louha (Classical)
• Brihat Bangeswer Ras (Classical)
• Punarnavadhi Guggulu (Classical)
• Punarnavasava (Classical)
• Goukshuradhi Guggulu (Classical)
• Tab. Cystone
• Tab. Neo
• Tab. Calcurry
• Tab. Neeri
• Tab. Distone
• Syp  Neeri
• Syp. Flush
• Syp. Flow Rine
• Syp. Alka5
• Syp. Renlka

Conclusion:

        Here we are discussing about such a problem, which may be a symptom of any other complicated disease. Therefore, treatment of the causative factor is the prior thing to remember. You can start home remedies at home but a expects review is very much essential. So please visit your concern doctor preferably to an urologist and follow his guidelines.