What are the characteristics of diseases of the female bladder?
On a short and wide urethra, pathogenic microorganisms quickly enter the bladder. However, the disease does not always have an acute onset, on the contrary - more frequent chronic disorders of the genitourinary system. Mostly women face such diseases as cystitis, urethritis, pyelonephritis. Consider the signs of these diseases of the bladder in women.
How does urethritis appear in women?
Under this violation in gynecology, it is customary to understand the inflammatory process, which affects directly the urethra. The disease is characterized by the appearance of the following symptoms:
- very painful, with increased frequency of urination;
- the appearance of secretions from the urethra, which cause reddening or at all - the clinging of its outer opening;
- an increase in the concentration of leukocytes in the analysis of urine, the presence of protein.
The disease, as a rule, develops in the case of ingress into the urethra of pathogenic microorganisms, and may also be a consequence of violation of the rules of intimate hygiene. Occasionally, the disease occurs as a result of infection in the genitourinary system along with the blood flow from the chronic foci of infection present in the body ( tonsillitis , periodontitis, etc.).
When the pathogen is diagnosed, gonococcus, ureaplasma, and chlamydia are often found in crops.
How is cystitis manifested in women?
This disorder, perhaps, is the most common of all affecting the bladder. With it, the mucous membrane changes, which causes the following symptomatology:
- frequent, literally every 10-15 minutes of urination, accompanied by severe pain, burning;
- the appearance of urine is a murky color;
- pain in the pubic area, which can have a stitching, dull character and intensify at the end of urination.
Approximately 80% of cases of this kind of pathology occurs as a result of exposure to the genito-urinary system of Escherichia coli or Staphylococcus aureus. The basis of treatment of the disease is antibacterial drugs.
Separately it is necessary to tell about such form of the given disease, as a chronic cystitis. As a rule, it is a concomitant disorder and is often noted in urolithiasis, the pathology of the urethra. Symptoms of the disease are noted only in the stage of exacerbation.
What are the signs of pyelonephritis?
By this violation is understood the inflammatory process, directly in the renal pelvis. According to statistics, approximately 90% of women who have experienced the disease by the age of 55 do not have any symptoms at all.
However, acute pyelonephritis manifests itself as follows:
- increase in body temperature above 38 degrees;
- pain in the lumbar region;
- appearance in the urine of bacteria, leukocytes.
How is this disorder treated?
When symptoms of the above-listed bladder diseases appear in women, treatment should be started immediately. This will prevent the spread of infection throughout the genitourinary system.
The basis of the therapeutic process of most diseases of the bladder is antibacterial drugs, anti-inflammatory drugs, diuretics, painkillers.