Doctors Issue Warning Against Peeing In The Shower

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There isn't a single person I can think of who hasn't urinated in the shower at least once; whether they have the courage to admit it is another matter.

But as it turns out, specialists say the habit might potentially be quite harmful to you.

There is no doubt that a ton of individuals utilize the shower as the ideal chance to have a cheeky wee, whether it's because they want to "save water" or are just lazy.

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And even while it can appear like everything is good and dandy, there are a few reasons you should probably stop doing it.

Dr. Teresa Irwin, a urogynecologist, used TikTok to alert her followers about the behavior, saying: "You need to stop peeing in the shower."

"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.

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"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."

Dr. Alicia Jeffrey-Thomas, a pelvic floor therapist, confirmed this in her own video while pointing out that the behavior may have additional grave consequences in the future.

She explained why we shouldn't urinate in the shower: "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.”

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"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."

She concluded by offering the following advice: "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."

Undoubtedly, the revelation sparked a lot of emotional reactions, and many individuals jumped to defend the practice in the comments.

One wrote: "I'm just tryna save water it's not that deep."

Another asked: "But what about all the times we go to the bathroom without running water? Shouldn't this do something to counteract the fewer times water is on?"

Meanwhile, a third said: "I'm an ocean girl and I've peed while swimming my entire childhood and now I feel the urge every time I touch the water. I can't get rid of it."