Cystitis, or inflammation of the bladder mucous membrane, is unfortunately one of the most common urogenital disorders of beautiful half of humanity.According to the data that the World Health Organization (WHO) leads to 50% of women to transfer cystitis in one way or another during their lives (among men, this number does not exceed 1%!), With 10-15% of patients is diagnosed with chronic cystitis.And these statistics, according to those who predict, will grow in terms of incidence every year.Why is this disorder more often than in men and is it possible to avoid cystitis and their relapse?
Physiology and nothing but
80% of those who approached the doctor with the diagnosis of “cystitis” - representatives of fair sex, so that cystitis is often called female disease.The “guilt” of this is the anatomical characteristics of the body: the urethra (urethra) in women is shorter and wide than in men.In addition, the vagina and anus are located near the urethra, which creates adequate conditions for "settlement" and the reproduction of aggressive microorganisms in the bladder and urethra.
The causes of cystitis
Factors that cause cystitis are divided into Infectious AND non -infectious.The causative agents of the former are E. coli, chlamydia, ureaplasma or yeast -type mushrooms of the genre of the genre Candida.These microorganisms may fall into the bladder outside or inside, more often with blood flow, inflammatory or genital inflammatory process lymphone.TO non -infectious reasons Criminals in the immune system, metabolism and hormone production, impaired nervous system, allergies, consequences of radiation therapy and other conditions and disorders.
Urologists also call predisposing cystitis factors such as:
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hypothermia;
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Guard -"frivolous": wearing clothes that opens the stomach and the bottom of the back in the cold season;Wearing tight things, tight pants, underwear;
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Sedentary lifestyle, sedentary work (hypodynamamia);
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Random sex life, unprotected sexual contacts;
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non -compliance with personnel rules, including intimate hygiene;
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Violation of emptying (the presence of residual urine in the bladder);
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hypovitaminosis;
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frequent stress, overwork, lack of sleep;
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Chronic diseases of other organs and systems, especially the genitourinary system;
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menopause, diabetes mellitus;
- The love of very spicy, spicy and very fried foods (their ingredients act on the walls of the annoying bladder).
Cystitis symptoms
Cystitis, in contrast to overactive bladder syndrome (these disorders are often confused), like any internal inflammatory process, continues painfully.It is accompanied by frequent, including night, calling to the bathroom, a burning sensation, pain when urinating and after emptying, a constant sensation of bladder overflowing and slightly high body temperature.The urine has a muddy urine, sometimes with a mix of blood and mucus.
Cystitis forms
By the nature of the course of the disease, cystitis is divided into spicy AND chronic.Acute cystitis begins suddenly, declaring itself with frequent campaigns in the bathroom (sometimes every 20 to 30 minutes), a slightly high body temperature and painful sensations in the bladder and perineum area.If the inflammatory process rises more to the kidneys, the temperature grows to the dangerous 39 to 40 degrees Celsius.Chronic cystitis continues with the same symptoms, but weaker as the pronounced, while the exacerbations of acute cystitis are possible.As a disorder, chronic cystitis is secondary: the cause of its occurrence becomes any other disease in the genitourinary system or kidney.
Diagnosis and treatment of cystitis
Both are the prerogative of the doctor, urologist or gynecologist.It is better not to engage in self -medication with cystitis, otherwise it can enter a chronic form.The diagnosis of the disease includes a general blood test (to detect signs of the inflammatory process in the body), general and biochemical analysis of urine, urine analysis for bacteriological sowing (to detect the causative agent of infection).A bladder and kidney ultrasound, the stain for the study of vaginal microflora, can also be prescribed - the study of urine flow, cystoscopy - inspection of the inner surface of the bladder using a special catheter with optical and lighting systems, which is introduced through the urethra.
The treatment of cystitis involves:
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NO -Drug Methods: Physiotherapy, Saved Diet, Sitted Baths and Collections of Diuretic Herbs;
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Medicine therapy: painkillers, antibiotics prescribed by the assistant doctor;
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Surgery (in particularly complex and advanced cases).
In the chronic form of cystitis, the treatment will be performed taking into account the therapy of the underlying disease, for example, infection of the genital tract.In addition, patients with cystitis are prescribed medical and preventive measures that strengthen immunity.
Cystitis prevention
Knowing the predisposing factors of cystitis development, it is easy to understand what expert recommendations will be: fighting stress, sleeping, excluding the likelihood of hypothermia, improving diet and drinking non -carbonate water and newly -prepared acidic juices and fruits.In addition, on the doctor's list of advice, a reminder will necessarily observe personal hygiene and abandon the uncomfortable body of tight clothes and tight linen - these things worse the blood circulation in the pelvis. The timely search for a doctor when disturbing symptoms are also of paramount importance.Women and, in the absence of complaints, are recommended to undergo a preventive exam of the gynecologist twice a year.
Excellent health!