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Symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of hemorrhagic cystitis

Hemorrhagic cystitis is a disease of an inflammatory nature that affects the sheath the bladder. As a result, in the urine begins to enter the blood, staining it pink. The intensity of the color depends on the composition of urine, and the degree of destruction of the body is the disease. So, sometimes the color may be muddy dirty brown.

Especially dangerous symptom of cystitis is the allocation of blood clots. In this case, serious blood loss with the possibility of death. The fact is that untreated this condition leads to the emergence and progression of iron deficiency anemia. As a result, the patient weakens, his shortness of breath, and if you ignore these symptoms, the consequences can be severe.

Causes of pathology

To serious consequences of this disease is the blockage of blood clots, lumen of the bladder or urethra. The reasons for his not reliably established. For today the basic version of occurrence of acute hemorrhagic cystitis is considered to be the work of viruses. Hemorrhagic cystitis in women is relatively rare, mostly they suffer older men. Especially subject to this disease, people suffering from prostate cancer.

In addition, this type of cystitis may occur after radiation damage of the organism. The impetus for its development can become some drugs used in the treatment of the body. Cystitis often develops in children, as their body has more of a high level of immune protection, and viruses cause their health most harm.

Хирургическое вмешательство при осложнении цистита

Prevention

Prevention of cystitis is quite simple and consists in the simple rules. So, patients should:

  1. Try to avoid hypothermia. Banned for a long time to be out in the cold and to carry out water treatment in open water. The tempering procedure is done under medical supervision and in stages.
  2. You need to workout and exercise. It is quite enough to be a few simple exercises like sit-UPS, dips, push-UPS. They allow you to combat physical inactivity and stagnation of blood in the pelvis. This stagnation is one of the prerequisites for cystitis. This is especially true for truck drivers, office workers, security guards and other persons who spend a lot of time sitting.
  3. To avoid stress.
  4. To diversify the diet and eat healthy food. It is worth to include in your diet lean meats, fish and fresh vegetables and fruits.Cakes and pickles should be eliminated from the diet.
  5. You need to drink more fluids. It can be non-carbonated mineral water, canned fruit juices, juice from the hips.
  6. It is necessary to visit the toilet and to treat constipation, as they provoke the development of inflammation of the bladder.
  7. To have one sexual partner and to avoid Contracting sexually transmitted diseases, as they are the factors contributing to the spread of infection to the pelvic organs.

In any case, a person with hemorrhagic cystitis, should be on the account at the urologist. This will give the opportunity to avoid complications and allows to hope for complete cure.