What if a child doesn’t pee and keeps holding it?

Children do not urinate has been holding may be related to bad bowel habits, urinary tract infections, congenital urethral malformation and other reasons, parents can be properly guided through medication or surgical treatment.
1. bad defecation habits: children watching TV, play fascinated by the desire to urinate, refused to urinate has been held, the development of bad defecation habits, parents should be appropriate to guide the child, to help the child to establish the correct habits of urination, urination in a timely manner, do not hold urine.
2. Urinary tract infection: children suffering from urinary tract infection, frequent urination, painful urination, urinary urgency and other discomforts, each time after urination pain aggravation, so that the child is afraid of, have to urinate has been holding. Cefixime and other drugs can be used first to fight infection, such as children with obvious urinary pain, available atropine and other drugs to alkalize the urine to alleviate the symptoms. Usually let the child drink more water, diligent urination.
3. Congenital urethral deformity: children with congenital urethral deformity, urination is more difficult, over time children are not willing to urinate has been holding. Children with congenital urethral deformity can be urethral dilatation, you can also consider using surgical consultation. Usually, you can let the child drink more water, to develop the correct habit of defecation.
Parents found that the child does not urinate has been holding, you can first take the child to the hospital, if there is a disease need targeted treatment, follow the doctor’s instructions for medication.