There are many causes of cystitis, the most common of which is an infection with the bacteria Escherichia coli (E. coli). Other records also show that cystitis is also caused by staphylococcus aureus, green pus bacilli, gonorrhea, etc.

It is also found that using chemicals such as foaming bath soaps, cleaning solutions, etc., causes irritation and people using chemotherapy drugs and cyclophosphamide, ifosfamide... are one of the causes of cystitis. In addition, some other diseases such as pelvic inflammatory disease, tuberculosis , etc. cause cystitis complications.

In fact, cystitis is more common in women than men because the female urethra is very short, so bacteria around the perineum can easily penetrate the bladder. In addition, if the hygiene is poor, improper will make the bacteria progress faster, especially in the menstrual cycle.

When cystitis, the patient has symptoms such as: painful urination , shivering feeling after urinating, blood in urine, cloudy or pus-filled urine or bad smell. Frequent urination during the day, urinating many times each time only urinating a little. Patients often present with pain and burning sensation when urinating, feeling the need to urinate, unable to hold urine.

In addition, people with cystitis often have lower abdominal pain, discomfort in the pelvic area, back pain and burning pain during sex but no fever or only mild fever, feeling tired and headache.

Cystitis that is not detected and treated in time can lead to dangerous complications. In which, blood in the urine is often seen, anemia, when cystitis, if the patient can urinate blood when the disease is severe, prolonged, there is a risk of anemia, dizziness, dizziness, fainting, …

Cystitis can also cause a kidney infection because bacteria travel back up from the bladder onto the kidney. If the infection lasts for a long time, the kidneys will be more and more affected, leading to kidney failure, especially young children, the elderly are at high risk.

Depending on each patient, the doctor will specifically prescribe with the main treatment principle is to use antibiotics, anti-inflammatory drugs or other supportive drugs depending on the health condition and the severity of the disease. Subjectively, patients do not receive thorough treatment or buy drugs themselves, leading to many consequences. Therefore, if there are symptoms of painful urination, urinary frequency, ... absolutely do not arbitrarily use drugs to avoid drug resistance or use antibiotics when not necessary.

Source: Health & Life Newspaper.