Feeling unable to urinate is commonly caused by urinary stones or inflammatory irritation, and in the case of middle-aged and elderly men, it is likely that they have prostate enlargement or prostatitis. In case of urinary stones, as the stones break away from the kidney and fall into the ureter, they will irritate the wall of the tube, inducing the urge to urinate and the urgency to urinate. During urination, there may be a feeling of not being able to urinate, always feeling that the urine is not clean, and will repeatedly urinate several times. In this case, patients are mostly accompanied by red urine, and some patients may have abdominal pain, which requires prompt medical attention and holding urine for urinary ultrasound At the same time, urine routine tests are performed to further clarify the diagnosis. If there is inflammatory stimulation of the urinary tract, the symptoms of incomplete urination last longer, occasionally there is long-term chronic pain in the abdomen, the smell of urine may be greater, you need to do a routine urine examination, and if necessary, you may do a bacterial culture of urine. If you are considering prostate enlargement or prostatitis, in addition to incomplete urination, there are mostly symptoms of urinary tract irritation, such as frequent urination, urgent urination, painful urination, etc., mostly frequent nighttime urination, and you need to do prostate related examination items to clarify the diagnosis. In addition, if you eat some spicy and stimulating food recently, it may also lead to the symptoms of incomplete urination, so you should pay more attention to avoid it. If you find yourself in a situation where you can’t finish your urine, it is advisable to seek medical examination, mainly to do urinary ultrasound and also urine routine, to find the cause and then targeted treatment.