Today, from such unpleasantnessdiseases such as cystitis affect a significant part of the country's population. Moreover, this disease affects women much more often than men. This is explained by a number of reasons, including anatomical features: women have a fairly short and wide urethra located next to the anus. The danger of such a disease especially increases during periods of high sexual activity, during pregnancy, and also during menopause. In this article, we will try to tell you how cystitis manifests itself, what are the causes of its occurrence and how to overcome a disease such as cystitis forever.

Symptoms and Causes of Cystitis

The main symptom indicatingill health, these are frequent urges to urinate, cutting pains during the process, discomfort during sexual intercourse. In case of severe course of the disease, such secretions as pus and blood appear in the urine. If these symptoms appear, you should immediately consult a doctor. Why does a disease such as cystitis occur? There are many reasons for its occurrence. Basically, the disease is caused by the penetration of one or another infection into the urinary system: bacterial, viral, fungal, parasitic. In addition, the causes that provoke the disease can also be:

• allergies
• kidney stones or bladder
• autoimmune diseases
• injuries
• bladder cancer
• taking antitumor drugs
• radiation therapy

Cystitis can be either acute orchronic nature. Acute cystitis develops very quickly. Patients are bothered by frequent urination, accompanied by burning and sharp pain. As a rule, the temperature rises, there is pain in the lower back and above the pubis, traces of blood may appear in the urine. Sometimes after acute cystitis, so-called recurrent cystitis occurs. It can manifest itself several weeks after the treatment of acute cystitis, and several months later. The symptoms are the same: urine with blood, pain, discomfort during sexual intercourse. The chronic form of the disease is expressed in the manifestation of all the above symptoms and signs over a long period of time. Very often, chronic cystitis is diagnosed with inflammation of the bladder tissue. It should be noted that cystitis is a rather insidious disease that is difficult to completely cure, despite the fact that modern medicine has a wide arsenal of drugs. In order to achieve good results, high-quality diagnostics of cystitis and adequate treatment are needed, which can only be prescribed by a qualified doctor.

Diagnosis and treatment of cystitis

Timely diagnosis of cystitis is importantcomponent of successful treatment of this disease. Tests for cystitis play a decisive role in making the correct diagnosis. First of all, it is necessary to do a general urine test, during which the acidity, presence of mucus, bacteria, salts, erythrocytes and leukocytes are determined. If there is a suspicion of bacterial cystitis, a microflora culture is mandatory. High-quality diagnostics is impossible without an ultrasound examination of the bladder and kidneys. What measures should be taken with such a diagnosis? Of course, drug therapy is necessary, the course of which is prescribed by a doctor. Keep in mind that self-medication is unacceptable - a doctor treats! If antibiotics are selected incorrectly, acute cystitis can become chronic. Only a qualified doctor, based on the available examination and test data, can select the drugs that the patient needs to take to quickly get rid of such an unpleasant disease. A competent doctor, as a rule, treats with the help of complex therapy. In addition to properly selected medications that allow you to quickly and effectively destroy pathogens and, accordingly, rid the patient of the disease, other methods are also used. In particular, the doctor can use an infrared laser, ultrasound irrigation of the bladder and other modern methods of treatment.

Treatment of cystitis with folk remedies

Traditional medicine has also accumulated many methodstreatment of cystitis. As already emphasized, when the first symptoms of the disease appear (pain when urinating and during sexual intercourse, blood in the urine), you must consult a doctor, take tests and strictly follow all the instructions. Traditional medicine treats, in particular, with herbs, honey, warming up, but they can be used as an addition to drug treatment. Healers recommend taking herbal teas, infusions and tinctures, which are very indicated for this disease. You need to drink a lot for cystitis. It is especially useful to take herbs such as nettle, bearberry, plantain, St. John's wort, horsetail, as well as the fruits and roots of rose hips, chamomile flowers, cornflowers. Decoctions of any herb can be drunk with honey, which has good antimicrobial properties. An excellent herbal remedy for cystitis is the well-known cranberry. It is not for nothing that it is called a natural antibiotic that treats many diseases. For good health, you should drink delicious fruit drinks as often as possible. Of course, we are not talking about a store-bought product, but about homemade fruit drinks. By the way, you can soften the sour taste of cranberry fruit drinks with honey. Do not forget that herbs should also be taken wisely, any doctor will tell you about this. As a rule, doctors are loyal to the use of this or that medicinal herb. At the same time, the doctor can always give practical advice on herbal treatment taking into account the intake of medications. It is important that these substances (herbs and medications) do not conflict with each other.

Cystitis in pregnant and lactating women

Cystitis during pregnancy is a rather common phenomenon.common. During pregnancy, the risk of developing this disease increases, since with the growth of the uterus, the outflow of urine from the bladder is difficult. As a result, the mucous membrane becomes irritated, and if an infection occurs, cystitis is almost inevitable. There is another danger, more serious than cystitis. The fact is that an overfilled bladder can provoke the reverse process - urine from the bladder will go to the kidneys, which is fraught with the development of such a dangerous disease as pyelonephritis. It is important not to miss bacterial cystitis during pregnancy and treat it in a timely manner. A symptom such as frequent urination does not mean anything, since this is a normal condition for a pregnant woman. However, if this is accompanied by a feeling of incomplete emptying, false urges to urinate, pain during sexual intercourse, blood in the urine, most likely you have cystitis. In any case, you need good diagnostics, a mandatory urine test and a good doctor who will prescribe modern high-quality treatment. Treatment of pregnant women (especially in the early stages) and mothers during lactation, when they are breastfeeding, has its own characteristics. It is very important to help the patient and not to harm the child. What remedies to take, in what order and quantity - this is decided only by a qualified urologist who works in contact with your gynecologist. Pregnant and breastfeeding women should also be careful with traditional medicine. Many herbs cannot be taken during pregnancy (especially in the early stages) and during lactation, if the child is breastfed. Warming up, baths with herbs are not recommended, and honey and other bee products should not be overused. In fact, everything that is contraindicated during pregnancy should not be taken by mothers whose child is breastfed.

Cystitis in children

Bacterial cystitis in childhood toois quite common. The cause is infection of the bladder in a child. The main pathogens are E. coli, staphylococci, streptococci, chlamydia and other pathogens that cause bacterial infection. In young children, cystitis develops both as an independent disease and in parallel with diseases such as urethritis and pyelonephritis. Many boys and girls have a clear predisposition to cystitis. First of all, children with reduced immunity, with chronic diseases of internal organs, suffering from hypovitaminosis, having congenital defects of the genitourinary system are at risk of getting sick. Taking certain medications also provokes the disease. As in adults, boys and girls are distinguished by acute and chronic cystitis. The latter is a direct consequence of untreated acute cystitis and can last for a long time, since it is difficult to treat. That is why parents should closely monitor the health of their children and be on guard to get their bearings in time and prevent the disease from becoming chronic. Cystitis is less common in boys than in girls. If a child has pain in the lower abdomen, a fever, and the urine becomes cloudy, the color and smell of urine changes, and blood appears in it, it is time to be wary and see a doctor. As for acute cystitis, with proper treatment it can be overcome within 7-10 days.

Treatment of cystitis in children

Childhood cystitis is treated with certain medicationsmedications prescribed by the doctor. They must be taken in strict accordance with the doctor's recommendations. An important role is given to the diet and hygiene. Traditional medicine is also not left aside. Since you need to drink a lot with cystitis, herbal decoctions are quite indicated. It is useful to drink teas from chamomile, motherwort, valerian, string (it is possible with honey, if the child has no contraindications). Of course, the herbal treatment program (how long the treatment should last, what to drink and in what quantities, etc.) should be supervised by the child's attending physician. Particular attention should be paid to the diet during illness. No fried, fatty foods (however, they should not be in the child's diet by definition). Fermented milk products, dietary meats, steamed vegetables, fruits - these are the most acceptable products. You can drink the appropriate herbal decoctions, it is recommended to drink fruit juices and fruit drinks, lightly flavored with honey, it is useful to drink non-carbonated mineral waters.

General conclusions and advice

The main conclusion to be drawn from all this isизложенного выше – нет самолечению! Заболевание лечит только врач. Врач назначает препараты, которые надо принимать в строгом соответствии с его предписаниями. Только он может сказать, какие травы можно принимать, чтобы они не вступили в конфликт с медикаментами. С особой осторожностью надо подходить к лечению цистита у беременных и кормящих матерей, а также у деток. Кто лечит беременную женщину? Профильный специалист, уролог, но непременно в контакте с гинекологом, который наблюдает ее в женской консультации. Относительно детей, страдающих от цистита. Их лечит детский уролог, на которого возложена очень сложная задача: назначить адекватный курс антибактериальных препаратов, которые должны полностью избавить ребенка от инфекции и предотвратить появление рецидивирующего цистита или переход острой стадии болезни в хроническую. Будьте внимательны к своему здоровью и не занимайтесь самолечением! Советуем почитать:

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