Symptoms of cystitis, its causes and treatment

Cystitis is an inflammation of the bladder. This disease is most affected by the fair sex. This is understandable, because in women the urethra is much shorter than that of men. According to statistics, half the world's population at least once, but faced with this problem.

It is impossible to notice the onset of the disease, because the signs of cystitis cause the patient a great discomfort. Symptoms of this disease are the same for both men and women. These include:

• Frequent urge to urinate (up to 40 times per day). To the present urges in the toilet can join and false.
• Severe scarring and burning when urinating - mostly occurs at the very end of the process.
• At attacks of a cystitis urine can change color and a smell. It becomes cloudy and gets a very bad smell.
• In neglected cases, blood and pus may appear in the urine.

The more the disease develops, the more obvious are the signs of cystitis. At their sudden occurrence it is possible to speak about an acute inflammation of a bladder. If the exacerbation occurs 2-3 times a year, then the disease has taken a chronic form.

To treat cystitis, it is necessary to establish the factors that provoked its appearance. These include:

• Pathogenic microflora, or rather bacteria, that enter the bladder through the urethra.
• Congenital deformity of the urinary tract.
• Inflammation of the urethra.
• Pathologies of the structure of the genitourinary system, when urine gets back into the ureters. You can identify it with ultrasound of the bladder.
• Symptoms of cystitis in men can talk about an increase in the prostate gland. As a result, only a partial evacuation of the bladder occurs.
• Stagnation or poor outflow of urine. It happens mostly for lying and elderly people, unable to move independently. It can also occur with a tumor in the bladder.
• Many signs of cystitis in women can be observed in the post-menopausal period, when there is a sharp decrease in the number of sex hormones in the body

Treatment

Since even according to the clearly expressed signs of cystitis can not be reliably diagnosed, it is necessary to see a doctor. After all, the main thing in treatment is the elimination of the causes of the disease, not the symptoms.

For the beginning appoint urine tests to identify the type of bacteria that caused the disease. Then you need to make ultrasound of the bladder to avoid pathological changes.

After receiving the tests, a treatment based on the intake of antibiotics, to which the pathogen of the disease is sensitive, is prescribed. But again, only the doctor deals with it. No self-treatment!

Also, in parallel with the treatment of cystitis, it is necessary to get rid of existing sexual infections, which can cause a recurrence of the disease. After the course of taking antibiotics, it is necessary to undergo immunostimulating therapy, which restores the body's immunity.

Independently, you can try to just relieve the patient's condition, and for this you must follow several recommendations:

• Drinking fluid - the more, the better. After all, with its large amount of infection, located in the bladder, washed out much faster. Cowberry or cranberry juice helps very well .
• With severe burning during urination, you can drink half a glass of warm water solution every half hour with 0.5 tsp. Soda. It helps to lower the acidity level of urine.
• During the disease it is necessary to exclude calcium-containing foods - cheese, milk, cottage cheese, etc.

Cystitis is a dangerous disease that can lead to various complications. Therefore, immediately consult a doctor if, for this disease:

• There was an intolerable headache;
• Body temperature rose above 40 ° C;
• Occasionally there is dizziness;
• In the urine there were droplets of blood.

Do not forget that if the cystitis treatment is started on time, then there is a chance to avoid the many consequences of this, harmless, at first glance, disease.