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Your bladder holds urine until you find the right time and place to get rid of it. The pee flows there from your kidneys, which filter waste and harmful chemicals from your blood and turn them into urine.Your bladder can hold about 4 cups of pee. When it’s full, nerve endings there send signals to your brain. When you’re ready to go, the bladder walls tighten and a valve-like muscle opens to let the liquid out. This is when you pee when you don’t want to. It may happen when you cough or laugh, or you may just feel a sudden, strong urge to go. Some things you eat or drink can cause it, as can constipation, pregnancy, or childbirth. A health problem like an infection or enlarged prostate can, too. Depending on what’s behind it, it might go away on its own. If it doesn’t, your doctor might suggest changes to your diet, specific exercises, medication, special devices, or surgery.The urge to pee usually comes on gradually, as your bladder fills. With this condition, ...

High blood pressure quite often runs in families particularly those of Afro-Caribbean or South Asian origin - it is more common in older people and in people who are obese, do not exercise, eat a diet high in salt, drink high amounts of alcohol and smoke and have high blood cholesterol levels. These factors also significantly increase the risk of cardiovascular disease and place a strain on the heart by forcing it to pump harder - heart muscle that has to work harder is more likely to fail, especially if the arteries supplying the heart muscle have also been damaged by atherosclerosis. There are several types of pregnancy–induced hypertension and all can harm the mother's kidneys and other organs, and can cause low birth weight and early delivery. Preeclampsia is a serious condition of pregnancy and is related to increased blood pressure and protein in the mother's urine as a result of kidney problems - Preeclampsia affects the placenta, and it can affect the mother's kidn...