Talk:Urethral sphincter
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Isn't it the case that most males can't stop peeing once they start? Any info on reasons / proportions etc? -- Tarquin 15:21 Feb 2, 2003 (UTC)
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Not at all true. All men can do it at a young age. Muscle atrophy may set in if the muscles are not used frequently. Exersice the muscles to prevent urinary incontinece. The process is not disimmilar to kegel exercises for women. http://www.kegel-exercises.com. Of course this is common knowledge in the Sodom and Gomorrah known as Toronto,Canada. And those people are not preventing urinary incontinence: they are training for recreation. ;-} This is an encyclopedia for the whole family, I hope my meaning is not too obscure. User:Two16
Data point #1: I am male, and have no problem starting and stopping urination at will. -- Anon.
- neither do I. but a late night straw poll in my student days showed I was a minority (sorry if that's too much information). See also popular culture, such as the scene in Dumb and Dumber -- Tarquin 18:38 Feb 2, 2003 (UTC)
It seems clear that some can, some can't. Seems reasonable to think that Kegel's may help. But what does "in real life" mean?
[edit] Content
This article is really very poor, both in structure and accuracy. Is there any template for improving it?
[edit] Strength of the muscle in men vs. women
I have heard that men have a sufficiently strong urethral sphincter that they can die from a burst bladder if they try to keep it in too long, whereas women will instead leak if they hold it too long. I have no idea if this is true, but if anyone knows a source that could verify/deny this, it would be worth putting into the article properly. -- Whitepaw (talk) 19:49, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
I made some changes as stated in my comment below. Didn't have much time, but it's a start :) Dr.Kane (talk) 01:28, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Revamped the article
I just modified the article making many revisions. I corrected some mistakes, added more information, clarifications, and removal of the wrong information that was added regarding male/female bladder capacity from someone saying:
"Human males have much stronger sphincter muscles than females, meaning that they can retain a large amount of urine for twice as long, as much as 800mL, i.e. "hold it"." ..... The style is too informal to sound like an encyclopedia, not counting the misinformation and unneutral statement.
I also removed the disputed neutrality as I believe it is no longer necessary in my revision. Let me know if someone disagrees. Dr.Kane (talk) 01:28, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
