Sunday, August 8, 2010

What Is Cystitis And How To Cure It?

Cystitis is a disease caused in urinary system that causes inflammation in urinary bladder. It can affect any one irrespective of age or gender but is more common in women. Under this disease patient suffers with frequent urge to urinate and acute pain and while passing urine. There are many other annoying symptoms that actually disturb regular life. The root cause of this disease is bacteria that enter the urinary tract through the urethra - the tube through which urine is secreted.

Cystitis is of many types like, Esinophilic, bacterial, interstitial, radiation and hemorrhagic cystitis. Among all interstitial cystitis is considered as the most injurious to the bladder. It mainly occurs due to bacteria that reside in human body itself that travel up the urethra. Then start to reside around bladder and keep on multiplying their number. Finally they cause infection and inflammation.

As aforesaid cystitis is more common in women, it attacks pregnant women, active women and women after the menopause. Also, there is no specific age for their occurrence. Women section is more prone to this disease for the reason that their urethra is shorter and opens nearer the anus.

Antibiotics are usually prescribed by the doctors as part of the treatment. To control this bacterial infection there are many effective medicines in the market which is showing positive result. Medicines are of course an integral part of treatment but you cannot deny from the fact that few measures have to be taken from your end. Avoiding deodorants, perfumed soaps, bubble baths, etc. are few of such measures to be taken during the treatment. Also, patient should not suppress the urge of urine as suppressing urine helps bacteria to multiply.

Drinking cranberry juice is another way of treating this disease which helps to cure this disease. Many people consume it to prevent cystitis from coming back. This also helps to relieve the symptoms of an attack. Wearing tight trousers is not suggestible as this can create a moist, warm, airless condition around your genitals that will leave you in discomfort. Rather cotton underpants are advisable for soothing effect. Try to avoid drinking alcohol while the attack lasts if you want to make your treatment effective.

Cystitis should not be allowed to be chronic disease as curing them becomes more difficult. Moreover, it increases the chance of kidney infection and in later stage may result in to kidney failure. Hence, thorough check up and treatment is advisable at initial stage.

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