Diseases of the urinary system and their treatment

If you want to maintain a healthy urinary system, the health of your children, relatives or pregnant women, and solve problems with stones, then in this article you will be able to find all the information you are interested in.

Diseases of the urinary system include all possible pathologies of the urethra, bladder, and kidneys and ureters. The physiological organs of the urinary system are directly related to the organs of reproductive function.

The most common cause of these diseases is the development of dangerous microorganisms, resulting from the following factors:

• Metabolic disease.
• Subcooling the body.
• Stressful situations.
• Unintelligible sex.
• Weakened immunity.

Many aspects make it necessary to know how to prevent diseases of the urinary system. In addition, women and men are prone to the emergence and development of these diseases in completely different ways. In children, diseases of this kind also have their own characteristics.

Main reasons

Bladder and kidney damage can be caused by a number of reasons, the main place among which is the infection. It can provoke the appearance of diseases that are a consequence of previously transferred angina, scarlet fever, otitis, and also cause the disease itself (cystitis, pyelonephritis).

Among other reasons that cause diseases of the urinary system, we can also distinguish the following:

• Genetic predisposition.
• Injuries.
• Stagnation of urine.
• Avitaminosis.
• Transfusion of incompatible blood.
• Nephrotoxic poisons.
• Multiple burns.
• And other diseases (for example, diabetes).

Symptoms

The most common symptoms of urinary tract disease:

• Pain.
• Edema.
• Impaired urination.
• Headache.
• Dizziness.

In addition, visual impairment, pain in the heart, a decrease in appetite, dyspnoea, vomiting, or nausea, as well as an increased body temperature may occur. In most cases, pain manifests above the pubis (bladder), in the lumbar region (kidney), as well as in the course of the ureters. Also, diseases of the urinary system are accompanied by irradiation of pain in the lower abdomen or in the perineal region.

As a rule, all diseases associated with the urinary system, accompanied by frequent urination, discontinuation of urine, a decrease in daily urine output, an increase in the daily volume of urine, a violation of urination. In some cases, the color of urine changes, it may appear turbid or an admixture of blood.

With acute glomerulonephritis and amyloidosis, swelling is observed. Vascular nephrosclerosis, as well as chronic and acute glomerulonephritis are accompanied by headache, dizziness and pain in the heart. Also, signs of disease in the urinary system may be weakness, malaise, poor performance, worsening of sleep, vision, and itching of the skin.

Spread of the disease

Currently, there are a large number of diseases associated with the urinary system, but the most common are:

• Cystitis.
• Uremia.
• Aplasia of the ureter.
• Hydronephrosis.
• Stones of the bladder.
• Kidney cysts.
• Urinary tract infection.

Diagnostics

The study of the bladder and kidneys includes the following:

• Radioisotope methods of investigation.
• A kidney biopsy.
• Computer tomography.
• X-ray examination.
• Ultrasonography.
• Chemical examination of urine.

In the process of diagnosing this disease, the main component is the examination of urine. Features of the urinary system are that all the pathological processes that are present in the urethra and kidneys will be reflected directly in the urine. During the study, the amount of urine is found out, the urinary sediment is studied, the chemical composition and physical properties are determined.

Prevention of diseases of the urinary system

In most cases, these diseases lead to the activity of the action of pathogenic microflora: viruses, fungi, bacteria. The microflora of the urinary tract includes a number of microorganisms that prevent the development of diseases. But as soon as the favorable period comes, they multiply, which subsequently provokes the disease.

Prevention of diseases of the urinary system is very important and it is as follows:

• At the first suspicions on disease of urinary system it is necessary to execute ultrasonic of kidneys.
• Legible sexual relations.
• Avoidance of hypothermia.
• Use of diuretic broths having antiseptic properties: licorice root, cranberry, cowberry, dog rose, etc.
• Timely emptying.
• Observance of personal intimate hygiene.

This is the prevention of the urinary system, it will avoid further problems.

Stones in the bladder

For this disease is characterized by the presence of deposits (salt or calcified) in the cavity of the bladder. The formation of stones can occur after a failure in the physico-chemical composition of urine or for a number of other physiological reasons. Depending on the function and location, stones may have different amounts, composition, size, and also the surface appearance. In most cases, distinguish between multiple and single (large and small) stones.

The composition of these formations can contain phosphates, uric acid salts, uric acid, as well as potassium oxalate. Diseases of the urinary system in men have the main cause - a violation of the function of free outflow of urine. This is due to the fact that on the way to the urethra or the neck of the bladder there are some kind of obstacles. Also, stones can be formed as a result of postoperative operations after urinary infections.

The disease is very insidious, as when forming large enough stones there are no symptoms. They can arise only if these formations produce friction with the walls of the bladder, overlapping the outflow of urine or mucous membranes.

If the stones are small, then conservative treatment and a special diet are assumed. Experts to maintain an alkaline balance in the urine prescribe medications. In the presence of complications or stones too large a surgical procedure is envisaged. Specialists in this case use stone-cutting and endoscopic lithoextraction.

Acute cystitis

Diseases of the urinary system in women and men are somewhat different. Thus, acute cystitis is a disease that affects mainly young women. This acute inflammation of the bladder, the main symptom of which is a painful urination, rarely the presence of blood in the urine. The main reason is urinary infections. To prevent the transition of this disease to a chronic form, when the first symptoms appear, you need to contact a specialist. It is also important to know that other fairly dangerous diseases are capable of masking cystitis.

Urinary tract infections

Very often, infections cause urinary problems in men. There are many pathogens that can lead to infection, namely:

• Klebsiella. Pseudomonas aeruginosa type. Typically, observed in small boys.
• Microplasma and chlamydia. These are organisms that affect the urethra, as well as the ducts of the reproductive function. In the body of a man they get sexually.
• Intestinal bacillus. In the urinary system, it can get in the result of simple non-observance of the rules of personal hygiene. Therefore, in this case, the prevention of diseases of the urinary system consists in the elementary observance of the rules of personal hygiene.

Pyelonephritis

It is an inflammatory process in the kidneys, which happens both in an acute form (primary stages of the disease) and in the chronic one, which is exacerbated from time to time. In most cases, this disease affects the female sex. Infection can penetrate into the kidneys through the blood, the bladder, if the body has other foci of infection, for example, inflammation in the genitals, caries, furunculosis and others.

Symptoms of pyelonephritis :

• Urine cloudiness.
• Violation of urination.
• Elevated body temperature.
• Pain in the kidneys.
• Fever.

At the first symptoms you need to immediately consult a doctor, since untimely treatment of the urinary system can lead to surgical intervention.

Kidney cysts

These are bubbles that are filled with liquid. In most cases, they do not cause problems, in this connection, when there was no ultrasound, they were sometimes not even known and, accordingly, did not perform any treatment.

As a rule, cysts do not even feel, and if this does not cause any discomfort, for safety reasons they try not to touch. If the cyst grows or hurts, it is removed by means of a puncture - fluid is removed from the cyst with the help of a syringe, and then drugs are introduced that eliminate this vial in the kidney or an operation is performed.

Diseases in children

In the general structure of the disease, an important place is occupied by diseases of the urinary system in children. The main cause of their development are infections. It is this that requires special treatment of the child when he is suffering from an infectious disease.

It is necessary to fully treat the disease, provide vitamin nutrition, and avoid hypothermia. Children's health can not be joked, so when symptoms of a malfunction in the urinary system appear, you should immediately contact a specialist.

In many respects, such diseases can be prevented by preventing the development of infection and attentive attitude to health. In addition, you need to take a little closer look at your own health and better prevent illness than run.