Double voiding is a technique where you empty your bladder twice, waiting a short time between attempts, to ensure complete bladder emptying, particularly helpful for those who experience incomplete emptying or frequent urination.
Here’s a more detailed explanation:
- Purpose: Double voiding 🚽 helps individuals who feel their bladder isn’t fully emptying after urinating, which can lead to increased urination frequency, urgency, and potential bladder infections.
- How it works: After urinating, wait a few seconds (around 20-30 seconds) ⏰ and then try to urinate again.
- Why it’s important: Ensuring complete bladder emptying can help prevent urinary tract infections and other bladder-related problems.
- Additional tips:
- Relaxation: Try to relax your pelvic floor muscles during urination.
- Positioning: Leaning slightly forward can help with complete emptying.
- Timing: Don’t rush the process; take your time to ensure you’ve emptied your bladder as much as possible.
- Standing and sitting: Some people find that standing up and moving around for a short time before returning to the toilet to void again can be helpful.
- When to consider double voiding: If you frequently feel like you haven’t fully emptied your bladder, or if you experience urinary dribbling after urination, double voiding may be a helpful technique to try.
Sources
https://www.wearejude.com/blog/health/double-voiding
# Interstitial Cystitis
# Bladder
# Cystite interstitielle
# Vessie
# Cistitis Intersticial
# Vejiga
# 間質性膀胱炎
# Kanshitsuseibōkōen
# अंतराकाशी मूत्राशय शोथ
# ഇന്റർസ്റ്റീഷ്യൽ സിസ്റ്റിറ്റിസ്
# 간질성 방광염
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TREATING INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS 