The doctor explains why you should give up urination in the shower

Whether it is good to pee in the shower is traditionally related to hygiene problems.

Medical doctor Alicia Jeffrey Thomas addressed the sensitive topic in a video called “why you should not pee in the shower”.

The doctor explained that the habit can affect both bladder adaptability and hip floor.

Dr. Jeffrey Thomas explained: “If you piss in the shower, or open your faucet and then sit in the toilet and urinate, you're forming a link in the brain between the sound of running water and the need to urinate”.

When you combine it with a hip floor malfunction, then this would potentially lead to some bladder leak problem when you hear running water outside the shower”, doctor Alicia Jeffrey Thomas added.

Research into the effects of running water suggests that experiencing a desire to urinate under the sound of water is a conditional and reflective response. The reason for this is believed to be because of the similarity to the noise it makes when we urinate, which produces a psychological connection to the action.

A second theory suggests that the sound of running water causes our brain to communicate with the sphincter, which is the muscle ring that controls the urine that passes through the urethra to make it open. Not holding the urine is determined by the NHS as the unintentional release of urine, which is believed to affect millions of people. While the problem is usually associated with aging, childbearing is another known risk factor.

NHS explains “There are often only seconds between the need to urinate and release of urine. Your need to urinate may be caused by a sudden change of position, or even by the sound of running water”.

Unlike women, men have prostates that support physics, making it regular for urination during standing. Doctor Jeffrey Thomas said “for those of us born with female anatomy, we are not meant to pee on our feet. The basin floor will not relax properly, which means we will not empty our bladder very well. So try to urinate before you light the shower water and if you feel the need while in the shower, try to ignore it”.