Is it better to hold your urine or urinate regularly after lithotripsy?

Good lithotripsy logistics for urination facilitates the expulsion of the fragmented stone to the outside of the body.
After lithotripsy treatment, as the stone is broken, it will be mixed with urine, you should drink a lot of water, keep drinking more than 2500 ml per day, and repeatedly flush the urinary tract, and the stone may be discharged out of the body along with urine. If you hold your urine for a long time, the gravel may settle in the bladder, which is not conducive to discharging at any time, and it is also easy to induce urinary tract infections.
Therefore, after lithotripsy, it is important to drink plenty of water and urinate regularly, and pay attention to the situation of stone discharge. After stone removal, there are still obvious symptoms such as lower back and abdominal pain, hematuria, etc., you should be alerted to the presence of residual stones in the body, and should also seek medical treatment for the corresponding urinary system ultrasound or CT examination, in order to clarify the effect of stone removal.
If urinary stones exist, it is recommended to consult a regular hospital.