Risks for urinary retention

What are risk factors for acute urinary retention?

Acute urinary retention does not occur in everyone and sometimes it is possible to predict in whom the disorder may occur. The risk factors for acute urinary retention include a history of kidney stones, having prostate cancer, prostatitis (infection of prostate) and benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH). Women also develop acute urinary retention and it occurs most often in females with urinary tract infections, during pregnancy and those who have had recent gynecological surgery.