Post-operative Urinary Retention and the Effective Medicine

Urinary retention or the loss of urination is a common condition caused by surgical treatment. It is an acute form of urine retention, causing severe complications.

What is Post-Operative Urinary Retention?

It is a condition in which a person is unable to pass urine, even after the bladder has been full. It is usually caused after surgery due to muscular atony caused by anesthesia or an underlying medical condition.

What is Post-Partum Urinary Retention?

It occurs in women after childbirth due to atony of the pelvic muscles. It includes various factors like cesarean, delayed labor, pelvic floor muscle trauma, nerve injury, and anesthesia.

What Causes an Inability to Urinate After Surgery?

• • Medicines – It includes the medications used in surgery, like the anesthetics, which reduce muscular reflex or contraction. The heavy painkillers like morphine or opioid derivatives cause numbness and reduce muscular sensation in the bladder.
• • Abdominal Surgery – The surgery in the lower abdomen or the pelvic area causes local trauma affecting the nerves or some tissue injury.
• • Physical Obstruction – It is the obstruction in the flow of the urine caused by pressure or constriction of the urinary tube due to an enlarged prostate or stones.
• • Medical Conditions – Chronic illnesses cause muscle weakening or nerve damage, which increases the risk of urinary retention.
• • Surgical Pain or Inflammation – Severe pain or the inflammation caused after surgery increases blockade by secretion or spasm.
• • Large Volumes of Intravenous Fluid – Administration of large volumes of fluid leads to stretching of the detrusor muscle of the bladder.
• • Growing Age – With age, the muscular reflexes reduce and increase the risk of urinary retention.

Symptoms of Urinary Retention

• • Severe pain in the abdomen due to pressure built up in the bladder.
• • Complete loss of urination.

The Widely Used Medication to Relieve Post-Operative Urinary Retention

Bethkast (Bethanechol Chloride) by Aprazer Healthcare

It is a cholinergic agent and is widely used to treat urinary retention caused after surgery due to muscular atony or weakness. It is best used to relieve postpartum urinary loss. It stimulates the bladder muscles and restores bladder contraction.

Why Bethkast (Bethanechol Chloride) from Aprazer?

Aprazer Healthcare has positioned itself as the leading pharmaceutical manufacturer, developing top-quality and affordable generics available globally.

At Aprazer Healthcare, supported by world-class manufacturing infrastructure, leveraging cutting-edge technology, WHO-GMP, EU-GMP certified facilities, we manufacture large volumes of quality life-saving medicines.

Aprazer Healthcare, with extensive global networks, regulatory agility, and a robust supply chain, raises the bar as the leading pharmaceutical exporter.

Physical Method to Relieve Urinary Retention

Draining Method – In this, the catheter is used externally to drain the urine accumulated in the bladder. It immediately releases the pain and the bladder pressure.

Complications Caused by Urinary Retention

• • Infections of the Urinary Tract – The accumulation of urine causes a buildup of toxins and harmful bacteria in the bladder, causing a way to infection.
• • Bladder Muscle Damage – The long-term stretching of the bladder causes wear and tear of the bladder muscle.
• • Bladder Stones – The concentrated urine in the bladder leads to the accumulation of various ions that crystallize to form stones.
• • High BP and Kidney Damage – The urine moves to the kidney laden with toxins, increasing the pressure on the kidney, and can also cause kidney damage.