Cystitis: symptoms, causes, treatment

What are the symptoms of cystitis recognize how to treat it and what measures preventing cystitis.
Frequent urge to use the toilet, burning and pain during urination - cystitis symptoms - one of the most common women's diseases.

Cystitis - an inflammation of the bladder. The disease mainly affects the female body as the female urethra is much wider and shorter than that of men. Due to this factor, easier to get an infection in the bladder. Basically it cystitis occurs due to bacterial infections, but there may be other causes of this disease. Bacterial cystitis - is treated with antibiotics, and other types of cystitis, are treated, depending on its cause.

Causes of cystitis in women
Cystitis - a disease that can occur in women of any age. The main cause of cystitis - hypothermia.

• Women contraindicated, especially in the pelvic area, do not sit on cold surfaces, just 20 minutes and you are guaranteed cystitis. 
• Sedentary lifestyle, women are strictly forbidden to sit in one place for about 4-6 hours. If you have a sedentary job, and you spend more than 6 hours in one position, try to get up more often, do 15-minute break. It would be enough.
• constipation;
• Spicy, fatty and fried food - the main factors of development of cystitis. You can not indulge in such food, then try to drink more water before meals. This will reduce the likelihood of disease.
• If you have not recovered gynecology, venereal disease or trying to treat these diseases themselves.
• In inflammatory processes in the body - caries or chronic inflammatory disease.
• If you have enough sleep and do not fill up.
• Defective or irregular meals.
• Chronic stress.
• If you do not observe the rules of hygiene.
• Unprotected sexual intercourse. 

When the cause of cystitis becomes non-compliance with the rules of hygiene:

• it is not recommended to switch from anal intercourse to vaginal;
• after defecation should be wiped from front to back, and not vice versa;
• if you rarely change tampons or pads during menstruation;
• If you wear tight synthetic underwear;
• if you do not observe urination mode (the woman should urinate at least 5 times a day, if you do it less often easier to get an infection in the bladder).

The types of cystitis in women

Acute cystitis - a form of cystitis in which mucosal inflammation of the bladder occurs after a sudden provoking factor.
Chronic cystitis - is less pronounced symptoms, mainly occurs due to another illness. 

Factors that influence the occurrence of cystitis:
- Bacterial - caused by various infections (streptococci, enterococci, agents of sexually transmitted diseases);
- Non-bacterial - occurs when irritation of the bladder chemicals, drugs.

Symptoms of acute cystitis in women:
frequent and painful urination;

• when urinating out a small amount of urine;
• suprapubic pain in the part;
• urine becomes cloudy:
• can sometimes appear a drop of blood;
• when there is severe fever, nausea or vomiting.

How is cystitis in women:

• need to comply with bed rest;
• should drink plenty of water;
• proper nutrition;
• appointed a course of antibiotics.

How to protect yourself from cystitis:

• personal hygiene;
• not supercool;
• take vitamins;
• Eat well and regularly;
• not overexert;
• do not wear tight synthetic underwear;
• do not wear panty liners;
• during intercourse the condom protect themselves.

What are the complications if left untreated cystitis:

• Pyelonephritis (kidney inflammation) - long period of time if not treated cystitis, infections of the bladder enters the kidney, whereby they become inflamed; 
• Interstitsianalny cystitis - when the infection affects not only the mucosal layer, but also the submucosa and the muscle wall of the bladder.

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