Cystitis is difficult to confuse with another disease. Acute pain during urination, severe discomfort after it … Women who do not attach importance to the disease and do not treat it face a chronic form. It is necessary to know the pathology "by sight" in order to eliminate it. Treatment of chronic cystitis in women is a topic that concerns almost a third of the population of our planet.
What causes the selectivity of the disease?
The fact that the fair sex is faced with pathology much more often than men, according to statistics. Doctors say that often the disease overtakes women aged 18-45.
Such selectivity of pathology is explained very simply. Initially, it is worth paying attention to the anatomical features. The urethra in women is short and wide, in contrast to the male. Therefore, the infection is much easier to penetrate intobladder.
Another factor that provokes the occurrence of cystitis in women is the neglect of warm clothes. For the sake of beauty, young ladies wear short skirts, trousers sitting on their hips, thin tights on cold frosty days.
What is cystitis?
What is a disease? The bladder cavity is lined with mucous. Under the influence of certain factors, it can become inflamed. This process is called cystitis. If during the year a person encounters relapses of this pathology twice or thrice, chronic cystitis is diagnosed. For women, treatment is prescribed by either a urologist or a gynecologist.
Causes of disease
You shouldn't deal with such a pathology as cystitis on your own. In women, the symptoms, treatment, causes of the disease are quite diverse. Only a specialist can correctly diagnose the source that provoked the development of the disease. He will select an adequate drug therapy regimen.
It is highly discouraged to choose self-treatment of chronic cystitis. What do patients who buy drugs hoping for recovery need to know? Modern medicines can treat cystitis, but the cause of the disease is not eliminated. In this case, relapses and complications cannot be avoided.
Cystitis occurs as a result of the following reasons:
- hormonal changes;
- injury to the bladder mucosa;
- congestion in the pelvis;
- prolonged sitting position;
- poor genital hygieneorgans;
- preferred tight underwear;
- frequent prolonged constipation;
- hypothermia (especially in the pelvic area);
- abuse of spicy, spicy food;
- past urological, venereal, gynecological inflammatory diseases;
- avitaminosis.
The main causes of chronic cystitis are as follows:
- permanent hypothermia;
- presence in the body of bacteria that contribute to cystitis;
- the urethra is located deep;
- urolithiasis;
- diverticula (hernial protrusions, stones) in the bladder;
- mucosal virus infection;
- infected hydronephrosis;
- bladder leukoplakia;
- lower mucosal resistance to bacteria;
- infectious diseases of the genitourinary system that can be sexually transmitted.
Characteristic symptoms
The most susceptible women with weakened immune systems such pathology as chronic cystitis. Treatment (symptoms, signs are quite typical) will be prescribed only after establishing the true causes of the disease.
Women face the following manifestations of the disease:
- burning during urination;
- discomfort in the lower abdomen;
- frequent urination;
- painful urination;
- feeling of incomplete bladder emptying;
- small amount of urine;
- temperature rise (37.5 oC);
- cloudy urine;
- aches inlower back;
- hematuria - the presence of blood in the urine.
First aid for relief
These recommendations should not be taken as a prescribed treatment for chronic cystitis in women. A few tips will only help get rid of an acute attack if you can not immediately go to the clinic.
To stop acute cystitis, you will need drugs:
- "No-shpa";
- "Monurel" or "Phytolysin";
- Monural (3 g) - 2 packs.
Temporary treatment of cystitis in women (chronic and acute) is as follows:
- No-shpa medicine is taken in the amount of 1-2 tablets.
- The drug "Monural" should be used 1 time before bedtime. If relapses are repeated often, you can apply two days 1 time. The medicine must be taken on an empty stomach. And only for the night.
- The drug "Monurel" ("Phytolysin") is taken according to the instructions. It is important not to use the medication on the days when Monural is used.
After completing this treatment, after 2 weeks, it is necessary to pass tests and undergo a medical examination.
Diagnosis of pathology
Before prescribing treatment, the doctor will recommend taking tests. It is they that make it possible to determine how pronounced the dysfunction of the bladder, the degree of damage to the mucosa. In addition, this diagnosis will establish what served as the starting point for the development of pathology.
The most effective are the followinglaboratory tests:
- Urine analysis. It allows you to identify the causative agent of the disease. Determines the degree of damage to the bladder, the intensity of inflammation.
- Cystography, cystoscopy. Such studies establish the type of pathology, the degree of damage. Based on these tests, the presence of stones, tumors, ulcers, fistulas in the bladder is determined.
- Biopsy of the mucosa. This study is prescribed for patients who are diagnosed with a chronic form of cystitis and the symptoms are vague. The analysis allows to exclude serious pathologies, such as bladder cancer.
Treatment of disease
Leave this pathology unacceptable. It should be emphasized once again that a favorable outcome is possible only when the treatment of chronic cystitis in women is correctly selected.
The first step is to relieve discomfort and eliminate frequent urination. This problem will help to solve the thermal procedure. It relaxes the smooth muscles of the bladder and helps prevent spastic contraction. Sitz baths are recommended, or a warm heating pad is placed on the lower abdomen.
Drug therapy
Strictly individually prescribed certain medications that can eliminate chronic cystitis in women. Treatment is based on the following remedies:
- Painkillers (antispasmodic) drugs. In case of ineffectiveness of thermal procedures, these medicines are recommended. Often prescribed drugs "Analgin", "Papaverin", "Baralgin", "No-shpa.”
- NSAIDs. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs can relieve inflammation, provide analgesic and antipyretic effects. They are used for very severe pain syndrome. The most optimal drugs are Ibuprofen, Faspik, Mig, Nurofen, Ibuklin.
- Antibacterial drugs. They must be included in therapy. However, it should be remembered that the doctor selects antibiotics strictly individually, taking into account the course of the disease, the characteristics of the organism. The drugs "Monural", "Nitroxoline", "Furadonin", "Furagin", "Rulid", "Palin", "Nolitsin", "Nevigramon" are widely used.
- Phytopreparations. They are an integral part of complex therapy. Herbal preparations are considered excellent uroseptics: extracts of bearberry, horsetail, cranberry. The drugs "Cyston", "Canephron", "Monurel", "Fitolysin" are in demand.
- Probiotics. These funds must be combined with antiviral therapy. The purpose of these drugs is to normalize the vaginal and intestinal microflora. The most popular probiotics prescribed for cystitis are the drugs Acipol, RioFlora Balance, RioFlora Immuno, Bifiform, Hilak Forte.
Physiotherapy for illness
In addition to drug treatment, procedures are prescribed for patients. Effectively improves the blood supply to the walls of the bladder physiotherapy. Patients are recommended:
- inductothermy;
- iontophoresis with nitrofurans and antiseptics;
- UHF procedures;
- electrophoresis with drug solutions;
- mud applications.
These procedures should be repeated after 3-4 months.
Folk remedies
There are several excellent recipes that allow you to deal with such a pathology as chronic cystitis in women. Treatment with folk remedies must be agreed with the attending doctor.
Chamomile decoction and aloe juice are quite effective. Dry inflorescences (3 tablespoons) are placed in an enamel saucepan, poured with water (0.5 l) and brought to a boil, then reduce the heat and cook the chamomile for another 10 minutes. After that, cover the saucepan with a lid and wrap it with a warm terry towel. After fifteen minutes, the broth must be filtered.
During this time, squeeze out the aloe juice (5 tablespoons). Both components are mixed. This remedy must be drunk in small sips for one day.
Treatment lasts at least 1 month, even if the symptoms of the disease disappear earlier.
Collection 1
For the treatment of chronic cystitis in women, a healing decoction is used. To collect, you will need the following ingredients:
- birch leaves - 1 part;
- calamus root - 1 part;
- bearberry leaves - 2 parts;
- yarrow grass - 2 parts;
- flax seeds - 1 part.
Before cooking, you need to chop the herbs a little. At night, the mixed ingredients are poured with boiling water. The calculation is as follows: for 1 tbsp. l. collectionYou need 1 glass of water. The use of funds is possible in two hours. It must be taken throughout the day, twenty minutes before meals, 1 glass each.
Collection 2
Treatment of chronic cystitis in women is effectively carried out with this remedy. The conditions for the reception and production of this infusion completely coincide with those inherent in the collection No. 1.
For cooking, you will need components:
- horsetail herbs, bearberry - 1 part each;
- juniper berries - 1 part.
Collection 3
You need to stock up on the following ingredients:
- Grass of nettle, St. John's wort, knotweed, shepherd's purse, plantain, sage - 1 part each.
- Cowberry leaves, coltsfoot - 1 part each.
This drink should be taken and prepared in the same way as collection No. 1.
Conclusion
It is very important to follow all the recommendations of the doctor. Be sure to follow all his instructions, take only those drugs that will be prescribed for you. And then you will forget about cystitis forever. He alth to you!
