My bladder nearly exploded and I was left looking pregnant after not peeing for five years

WRITHING on the floor and screaming in pain, Pollyanna Love felt as though her bladder was about to "explode".

She said: "Far too few people have heard of the condition, so I’m determined to do all I can to raise awareness."Before her ordeal, Pollyanna had been blighted by near-constant bladder infections from the age of four and experienced a burning sensation when she tried to pass water. She was plagued with problems throughout her time at school, caused by her urgent need to use the toilet."I felt disgusting and didn’t tell anybody what was going on. It really affected my confidence.I felt disgusting and didn’t tell anybody what was going on. It really affected my confidence"I thought I was just unlucky, and one of those people that are prone to infections like cystitis, which I know some girls are.

"Soon afterwards, I began feeling really unwell. Eventually, I was sick, and my colleagues phoned an ambulance."Pollyanna officially got her Fowler's Syndrome diagnosis in June 2014Medics inserted a catheter – a thin, flexible tube – before draining away three litres of urine, six times as much as the 500ml a normal adult bladder can comfortably hold, according to the NHS."Nobody could understand why I hadn’t been able to wee.

The condition, which typically affects women in their 20s and 30s, means that the urethral sphincter – the muscle that keeps people continent – cannot relax, preventing normal urination. The sensation of urinary urgency which would normally be present with a full bladder is absent although when the bladder if full to capacity, pain and discomfort may be experienced.

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