Cystitis during menstruation: causes and treatment

Pain when urinating is a phenomenon familiar to most women, not by hearsay. Cystitis is most often found in women, which can easily be explained by the peculiarities of the structure of the urethra and the entire excretory system as a whole. The triggering mechanism for the development of the disease can serve as hypothermia or any chronic diseases that are the breeding ground for bacteria.

However, very often doctors face such complaints as cystitis during menstruation. This is an unpleasant and exhausting phenomenon, which cyclically pursues throughout life. Today we will try to understand how interconnected between the monthly and cystitis and whether one can activate the other.

Chronic inflammation

Let's start with the physiology and briefly describe what the disease is. This is important, since every woman should know her body well and be able to read his signals. So, cystitis is a chronic inflammation of the bladder. Most common people confuse symptoms with diseases of the appendages, but this is not so. The treatment is provided by a nephrologist or urologist, since the urinary system is just part of it. The gynecologist to whom you applied for a primary examination can only confirm the diagnosis that the patient is healthy.

Symptoms

To manifestations of cystitis can be attributed frequent trips to the toilet, which are accompanied by pain and cutting, burning in the urethra. In addition, the woman experiences aching sensations in the lower abdomen, which greatly impair the quality of her life. Changing the appearance, as well as the structure and smell of urine.

These are specific symptoms, however, and the general condition of women is far from ideal. There is severe fatigue and drowsiness, the temperature rises. It can be high or low-grade, when the thermometer stably shows 37-37.5 degrees. If you experienced similar health problems, you probably learned the symptomatology. So let's go directly to our topic and talk about cystitis during menstruation.

Causes of development

If we are referring to chronic inflammation, it is implied that it will return periodically, throughout life. With adequate treatment, the condition can stabilize and a period of remission occurs. If this does not happen, then the immunity for a while muffles the symptoms, but the body remains the breeding ground of bacteria. So cystitis during menstruation begins to return with surprising regularity.

This is because bacteria, which are in the normal state in the uterus, reproduce much more actively during menstruation. A nutritious and humid environment creates all conditions for increasing their numbers. And the processes occurring in the body, contribute to the rapid penetration of bacteria into the urethra through the genital tract, resulting in increased inflammation of the bladder.

Let's take a closer look at the causes that cause cystitis during menstruation. It should be noted that in most cases this occurs against the background of a concomitant disease, the existence of which a woman may not suspect:

• Changing the hormonal background of the body.
• General weakening of the immune system.
• Severe hypothermia.
• The presence of an inflammatory process in the uterus or appendages. This is the main culprit that causes cystitis during menstruation. The reason is that due to active bacterial multiplication, inflammation spreads to other organs of the genitourinary system.
• Candida yeast or yeast is a common problem that most women simply do not pay due attention to. And in vain, because the presence of fungal infection is an aggravating factor.
• Non-compliance with personal hygiene. At first glance, is it worth talking about this in our time? On sale there is a huge amount of hygiene products that will help maintain the purity of the genital organs at any time. But the practice of doctors shows that some of the pads and napkins are too expensive for their patients, and some brands cause an allergic reaction. Therefore, warm water and soap remain an ideal way to monitor hygiene.
• Physiological features. The location of the urethra and anal opening may be different, but their distance from each other is of particular importance. The closer they are, the more likely the transfer of bacteria. This is also promoted by wearing uncomfortable underwear, synthetic thong panties.

Draw a parallel

If you think that every time during menstruation begins cystitis, it is recommended that more attention be given to keeping the calendar, in which, in addition to the cycle, it will be necessary to note all unpleasant symptoms, their intensity and duration. This will help the doctor very much when you come to see him. Symptoms change on different days of the cycle, after the end of menstruation, the condition usually improves, and about the need for treatment, we forget about 25 days.

But if you have already clearly established a connection and see that as soon as the monthly starts, painful symptoms return, there is nothing more to pull. Tell the doctor about everything that you have already noticed, and also take the necessary examination.

Painful menstruation

If you usually did not feel them, and today suddenly started to pull the lower abdomen, hurt and burn, then it's hard not to pay attention. The situation is more complicated for those who usually endure this phenomenon and take painkillers almost a few days before it begins.

Therefore let's once again pay attention to specific signs which help to distinguish a cystitis during monthly. The main reasons we considered above, now let's talk about manifestations. So, you can note for yourself:

• Frequent trips to the toilet, with complete emptying of the bladder and does not happen.
• Pain, so similar to menstrual, is greatly enhanced during a trip to the toilet.
• Change the color of urine to a more cloudy, incontinent after a night's sleep.
• The presence of pus in the urine, as well as in the discharge from the vagina. In this case, their color and smell change.

Preventive actions

Any disease is easiest to prevent than treat. So, the aggravation of cystitis during menstruation can be anticipated with a rather high probability. And hygiene plays the most important role here. It is necessary from early childhood to teach the girl to wash every day, and exclusively from the front back.

From the first day of the menstrual cycle, the requirements become tougher. Take a shower now at least two times, and preferably after each visit to the toilet. The gasket should be changed not in proportion to filling, but after 3-4 hours, and it is better not to use tampons at all. Special attention should be paid to wearing top and casual clothes. Often women refuse warm pantyhose under trousers in the winter. This leads to hypothermia and creates prerequisites for the development of the disease. Therefore, always dress in the weather.

Allergic reaction

We forgot to say more about one factor that causes cystitis during menstruation. Causes and treatment should be investigated and prescribed by the practitioner in each case, but our business is to consider common questions and give you an idea of the problem. So, during critical days, we start using hygiene pads and tampons, after which the symptoms of cystitis increase. If this is repeated time after time, and after the end of menstruation, when the need for these hygiene products disappears, the condition is completely normalized, then it will be necessary to change the brand and the manufacturer. This is the reason.

What can I do?

The next item is relevant for those who have already made sure of the diagnosis and know exactly that he has cystitis during menstruation. What to do next? Without consulting a good specialist, it is difficult to manage, because as an independent treatment rarely ends with a complete victory over the disease. The basis of adequate care is antimicrobial therapy. Do not self-medicate. Despite the similarity of the preparations, each of them is unique, and the choice of the regimen and dosage is possible only taking into account the individual characteristics of the patient. Most often, doctors appoint "Monural" or "Nolitsin", "Rulid" or "Furadonin."

Supportive therapy

This is the main course, which allows you to defeat cystitis during menstruation. Treatment also involves the reception of ancillary aids, which contribute to recovery. These are antispasmodics that facilitate the flow of pain. Appointed most often "No-Shpa" and "Papaverin." They act symptomatically. Similarly, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are used, for example, Ibuprofen. In addition to removing pain symptoms, it has a therapeutic effect.

To prevent dysbacteriosis, doctors simultaneously prescribe antimicrobial drugs and probiotics. It can be "Hilak Forte", "Lineks", "Bifiform". And the last in our list, but not in importance, is phytotherapy. Preparations based on natural herbs have a diuretic and anti-inflammatory effect. They are available in the form of dry fees and drops. An example can serve as "Tsiston", "Kanefron", "Phytolysin".

Instead of concluding

The first relief that the patient experiences after the course of treatment should not be the reason for refusing to visit the doctor again. Chronic diseases rarely pass in a short time, so it is extremely important to undergo a second examination and, if necessary, maintenance therapy. As such, a long, sparing course of taking medicinal herbs is usually prescribed. Often it is complemented by procedures to strengthen immunity - hardening and vitamin therapy. Only in a complex all these measures can give a good result.