EBS‘s ‘Your Body is Precious’ will air the ‘How to properly urinate when you have difficulty holding it in’.

EBS’s ‘Your Body is Precious’, which will air at 9:55 PM on Saturday the 16th, is a new concept medical broadcast where the best health experts in Korea gather to provide customized solutions such as medical diagnosis, exercise, and diet.

● How to escape urination disorder that plagues our daily lives?

Urination is a natural phenomenon that we must experience in our lives. The average adult urinates 4 to 6 times a day. However, if urination disorder occurs, you will experience discomfort such as having to go to the bathroom dozens of times a day.

Representative symptoms of urinary disorders include frequent urination (urinating more than 8 times a day), nocturia (urinating more than 2 times a night), and urinary incontinence (urinating leaks). As it is a sensitive disease, many people have difficulty visiting the hospital even if they have symptoms. If left untreated, the quality of life will decline and it will interfere with daily life, so it is important to receive active treatment without hesitation and improve the symptoms.

In the episode ‘How to urinate well when you have difficulty holding it in’, participants suffering from urinary disorders such as frequent urination, nocturia, and urinary incontinence will reveal the process of improving their symptoms through lifestyle correction and customized solutions.


● Can frequent urination and nocturia that lower the quality of life be improved?

Taeyoung (60 years old) has been working hard to manage his health by exercising regularly. However, nocturia, frequent urination at night, has been a concern in my life since two years ago. At first, I thought it was simply a sign of aging, but as the frequency of nocturia increased and it interfered with my sleep, my worries grew by the day.

Housewife Hwan-ok (53 years old) had similar symptoms. Her daily life became inconvenient because she had to urinate frequently, day and night. The results of the examination showed that one of the causes of the urinary problems that were bothering Tae-young and Hwan-ok was poor water intake and urination habits. It raises curiosity about whether they can escape the frequent urination and nocturia that have been bothering them through the ‘Precious Body’ solution.


● How to urinate well as told by expert Avengers!

A customized solution to escape urination disorder is revealed. The Avengers of three experts have come together to protect bladder health. Professor Yeo Jeong-gyun (Ilsan Paik Hospital) says that urinary incontinence can be sufficiently improved in everyday life by correcting lifestyle habits. This includes controlling water intake, avoiding spicy and salty foods, and practicing bladder training to hold in urine.

She will also reveal exercises and water intake methods that help improve urinary incontinence. Physical therapist Lee Su-ji will introduce ‘pelvic floor muscle strengthening exercises’ that help improve urination symptoms. Clinical nutritionist Nam Seul-gi (Chung-Ang University Gwangmyeong Hospital) will also reveal the rules of proper water intake.

Photo=EBS ‘Precious Body’Lee Seul-bi, Donga.com reporter misty82@donga.com