Few people can immediately answer how a bladder hurts. Symptoms in women can vary greatly. But it is worth replacing this concept with a more familiar one - cystitis, and immediately everything becomes clear. This is an acute or chronic disease in which patients experience severe pain. Most often, this pathology develops precisely in the fair sex.
Types of cystitis
We will touch on this issue a bit to understand how this form differs from all the others. To date, there are:
- Infectious cystitis caused by a bacterial lesion. Most often, Escherichia coli enters the bladder.
- Viral cystitis. The most common cause is a general weakening of the immune system. In this case, the virus affects the urinary system.
- Fungal form. In this case, the organ is affected by the fungus Candida.
But besides this, there are non-infectious types of cystitis. Each of them can also cause a woman to have a bladder sore. Symptoms may vary, so here is another classification.
- Drug cystitis. This usually happens if unsuitable drugs are prescribed. That is, the problem is not caused by a bacterial lesion.
- Allergic cystitis. This is the result of exposure to antigens, which can act as products, soap preparations, drugs.
- Interstitial pathology. In this case, there is no classic bladder inflammation. In women, the bladder hurts with any of these varieties of the disease, so the task of the doctor is to find out the true causes.
Signs of cystitis
In order to seek help in time, you need to be aware that the situation is really serious, and not expect that everything will go away by itself. This is especially true for tender and fragile women. How to understand what your cystitis is? You just need to listen to your body and use less painkillers. In most cases, the symptoms are as follows:
- Constant urge to the toilet. At the same time, the volume of released liquid is minimal.
- Burning in the urethra when urine is excreted.
- Pelvic, pubic pains. Someone describes it as a heaviness in the lower abdomen. For others, the pain is burning and acute.
- Severe weakness.
The first symptoms of cystitis in girls should alert. But within a few days it is permissible to try to remove them with decoctions of chamomile and lingonberry, warm foot baths.
Complications of the disease
At the same time, you need to observe the process of urination. Signs of cystitis in women (a photo of the results of laboratory diagnostics are presented below) may be visible to the patient himself. In particular, it is quite easy to evaluate such physical indicators as color. With cystitis, the urine darkens, clouding is clearly visible in it. For the initial diagnosis, it is enough to collect urine in a transparent jar and put it on the background of a sheet of white paper. Impurities, turbidity, blood and pus will be visible with the naked eye.
Sometimes the kidneys begin to suffer. In this case, pain from the lower abdomen spreads or passes to the lumbar region. The symptoms of kidney inflammation are manifested not only by pain in the lower back, but also by fever, vomiting and nausea.
Acute cystitis
Sometimes the signs of the disease accompany a person for years, but are not too pronounced. It is difficult to say whether this is good or bad, because the disease in this case is not paid enough attention. Let's start with how the bladder hurts with acute cystitis. Symptoms in women can appear rapidly and rapidly increase. It is painful, cramping during urination. Only this is enough to see a doctor, since going to the toilet is very painful, and the desire to return there appears a few minutes after leaving.
The general condition of acute cystitis is unsatisfactory. Symptoms of intoxication are observed against a background of headache and nausea, muscle aches and weakness. In some cases, disseminated blood in the urine is visually determined. The hue can be from light pink to burgundy or brown. In this case, antibiotics are prescribed, as well as painkillers and antispasmodics. In addition, it is recommended to take decoctions of medicinal herbs such as lingonberries and chamomile. A similar scheme can relieve the patient’s condition within two to three days. But you can’t stop taking the drugs until the moment the tests confirm the cure of the patient.
Chronic cystitis
Usually it is a consequence of the fact that mistakes were made in the treatment of the acute form. Most likely, the patient relieved symptoms and abandoned therapy. As a result, bacteria not only continue their activity, but also cease to be susceptible to drugs. There is another sad fact: if the treatment has not been completed, the bladder membrane does not recover.
Such negligence leads to the development of a chronicle. The disease is now difficult to correct, and the most minor provocative factors lead to increased symptoms. Usually, in a chronic form, a person during remission does not realize that an inflammatory process persists in the bladder. And only at the time of exacerbations (several times a year) wonders where he again managed to catch a cold. During these periods, you can observe all the symptoms of acute cystitis. They got their feet wet, returned home in a cold bus, stood for longer than they were supposed to at the bus stop - you can take pills. The prospect is unenviable, but there is no choice.
Treatment
The main method is drug therapy. A study of numerous reviews has shown that traditional medicine is good as a concomitant or auxiliary treatment, for prevention or in the most mild cases. Only a doctor can assess the degree of damage and choose adequate therapy.
The type of drug chosen will depend on the nature of the disease. Therefore, diagnosis is so important. If the problem is caused by the vital activity of bacteria, then antibiotics should be used. Fungi are a concern - fungicides will help. Today there is a medicine based on natural, herbal components, which has shown high effectiveness in chronic cystitis. This is "Kanefron" - a drug that has received thousands of positive reviews. Soft, but also very effective.
Supporting activities
Doctors emphasize the importance of not only medical treatment, but also lifestyle changes. Judging by the reviews of patients, only with an integrated approach can a complete cure be achieved. And that means:
- A full course of drugs prescribed by your doctor.
- Mandatory dieting. You need to limit foods that are irritating to the bladder. These are spicy, salty and smoked products.
- Be sure to drink plenty. It is best if it is not just water, but decoctions of herbs.
Diagnostic Difficulties
Unfortunately, cystitis is just one of the possible causes. Therefore, if the bladder hurts in women, the symptoms should be studied very carefully, be sure to supplement them with laboratory tests. In fact, confusing cystitis with other diseases is quite difficult. It is characterized by the appearance of pains and pain during urination.
The treatment in this case is primarily in the search for pathogens. For this, a bacteriological examination of urine is performed. After that, the most appropriate drugs are selected. For example, Fosfomycin, as well as uroseptics like Furagin. Supplement therapy with antispasmodics, such as "No-spa".
Gynecological diseases
Visiting a gynecologist will also not be superfluous. This allows you to conduct an accurate examination and identify the real causes of pain in the bladder of a woman. Symptoms in this case are usually supplemented by vaginal discharge, pain during intercourse, burning in the vagina. The intensity can be different, it all depends on the pathogen and the reasons.
If the bladder hurts due to problems in gynecology, then treatment should be aimed at treating the pathology that caused it. If the gynecologist did not find any problems, then you need to be examined by a nephrologist. If soreness was caused by the presence of an inflammatory process in the genitourinary sphere, anti-inflammatory drugs are prescribed. To date, the most effective can be considered Monural, Cyston, Nolitsin. Do not forget that the effectiveness of self-treatment is doubtful. It is much better to seek professional help.
The importance of timely diagnosis
Not always and not all problems can be solved with the help of tablets. That is why you need to get together in a clinic and try to describe to the doctor the disturbing symptoms. Where the bladder hurts in women, it seems to be clear - in the lower abdomen. But the pain can also give in the lower back, go to the right or left. Therefore, a specialist on palpation has to draw conclusions, build hypotheses and prescribe a further examination.
If a disease such as apoplexy becomes the cause of the pain, surgery becomes the main treatment method. In general, I want to emphasize once again that if a woman has a bladder that hurts, the symptoms can be either vivid or blurry. Often the only thing you can feel for sure is frequent or painful urination. Before you make a diagnosis and proceed to treatment, you need to conduct an examination. For this, the patient passes tests, on the basis of which the specialist makes a conclusion and selects drugs.
Instead of a conclusion
Urogenital diseases can be included in the number of the most common. At the initial stages, they are cured easily and simply, but it is worth tightening, as they turn into a chronic form. Therefore, you should not save on your health. The time you spend on visiting a doctor will pay off with interest, as you will soon return to normal life.