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Urinary retention

• Obstructive causes
  • BPH
  • Prostate cancer
  • Blood clot
  • Urethral Stricture
  • Bladder Calculi
  • Bladder neoplasm
  • Foreign body, urethral or bladder
  • Ovarian/uterine tumor
• Neurogenic causes
  • Multiple sclerosis
  • Parkinson's
  • Brain tumor
  • Cerebral vascular disease
  • Cauda equina syndrome
  • Metastatic spinal cord lesions
  • Intervertebral disk herniation
  • Neuropathy
  • Nerve injury from pelvic surgery
  • Postoperative retention
• Trauma
  • Urethral injury
  • Bladder injury
  • Spinal cord injury
• Extraurinary causes
  • Perirectal or pelvic abscesses
  • Rectal or retroperitoneal masses
  • Fecal impaction
  • Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
• Psychogenic causes
  • Psychosexual stress
  • Acute anxiety
• Infection
  • Cystitis
  • Prostatitis
  • Herpes Simplex (genital)
  • Herpes Zoster involving pelvic region
  • Local Abscess
  • PID
• Meds
  • Anticholinergics
  • Antihistamines
  • Cold meds
  • Sympathomimetics
  • TCA
  • Muscle relaxants
  • Opioids