Bladder inflammation , also called cystitis, is an infectious inflammatory disease of the bladder, very often the mucous membrane - the inner cell layer. Usually women suffer from this ailment, it affects men much less often. This is due to certain anatomical features in the female body - the location of the urethra, shorter and wider, next to the rectal opening and the vagina, so microorganisms of various origins penetrate the vagina much more easily, hence the resulting bladder diseases.
The reasons why inflammation of the bladder begins are called very different. This Trichomonas, and E. coli, and Chlamydia, as well as Staphylococcus aureus, and Proteus.
Inflammation of the bladder can also begin as a result of a disease of another organ of the genitourinary system of the human body, and it can also be caused by injuries, such as taking a smear for analysis, defloration, radiation, pregnancy or childbirth.
Sometimes inflammation of the bladder can be triggered by the use of such food that irritates the mucous membrane of both the stomach and the bladder - it is salty, spicy, pickled food, alcohol.
Signs of bladder inflammation are as follows: itching, burning, pain and discomfort when urinating, turbid or bloody urine, sometimes with pus, frequent urination in small quantities, false urge to urinate, urinary incontinence, constant feeling of a full bladder. Usually cystitis is accompanied by pain during intercourse, lack of orgasm. Sometimes the patient has a fever, weakness in the body.
Cystitis is of two types - acute and chronic.
Acute is an inflammation that begins unexpectedly, immediately after a short time after provocation, and is characterized by frequent urination, accompanied by pain, a change in the appearance of urine, and a temperature increase. Usually this kind of disease, with proper treatment, goes away in two weeks.
If this does not happen, then, then, there is chronic cystitis, which manifests itself much weaker than acute, the symptoms manifest themselves are almost the same, but the treatment lasts much longer.
As a rule, the diagnosis of bladder inflammation is not complicated - this is a collection of anamnesis and clinical presentation. In the chronic course of this disease, a laboratory analysis of urine and blood is performed. Using cystoscopy, the doctor determines the degree and cause of the damage to the walls of this organ.
The doctor prescribes antibiotic therapy to a patient suffering from inflammation of the bladder. Sometimes, in the presence of severe pain, it becomes necessary to take analgesics.
An ordinary patient is recommended a bed rest, a milk diet, an abundant consumption of drinking, including tea with diuretic herbs. A successful treatment involves eliminating the cause of this disease. For this, the doctor prescribes a certain course of antibiotics, sometimes - washing the bladder.
Prevention of primary inflammation of the bladder involves personal hygiene, timely medical attention. It is necessary to avoid hypothermia, not to be nervous, to avoid injuries of the genitourinary organs.
Without a doctor’s prescription, it is not recommended to use any pills for inflammation of the bladder, except for relieving acute pain, because treatment of this disease can be prescribed only by a urologist, timely treatment of which will help to eliminate all signs of cystitis without any residual complications.
Typically, in women, the treatment of cystitis is carried out jointly by both a urologist and a gynecologist, because in this case, it is necessary to identify infections that can be transmitted sexually.