Cystitis in medicine means inflammation of the bladder itself. According to experts, this disease is most often diagnosed in children, which is why it is so important to recognize the symptoms of a child's cystitis in time. According to available statistics, this illness can be observed in both the boys and girls during the first year of life. In older children (in young men), cystitis is diagnosed five times less often than in girls. This state of affairs is primarily due to anatomical features. The thing is that women naturally have a very short and simultaneously wide urethra located near the vagina, which, in turn, creates the prerequisites for sequential infection of the bladder itself. In this article, we will look in detail at the main symptoms of cystitis in a child, and also describe the existing methods of treatment.
Causes
The most common cause of this disease is a bacterial infection. Cystitis in a child (small) can occur due to the following pathogens: E. coli, all known staphylococci and streptococci. In addition, such an unpleasant problem is diagnosed and due to the intake of certain groups of drugs (for example, sulfonamides). Experts conditionally identify several predisposing factors leading to the development of cystitis, namely:
- Supercooling;
- Anomalies of the genitourinary system at the innate level;
- Irregular hygiene of the vulva;
- Decreased immunity;
- Wearing tight clothes.
Symptoms of cystitis in a child
It should be noted that the manifestation of the disease depends on the age of the offspring. For example, for the first year of a child's life, the following signs of the ailment in question are characteristic:
- Darkening of urine;
- Decreased appetite;
- Constant anxiety and crying;
- Frequent urination.
Symptoms of cystitis in an older child, if different, are not much:
- Pain in the lower abdomen;
- Frequent painful urination ;
- Blushing of the urine itself;
- Consistent increase in body temperature.
How to cure cystitis in a child?
First of all, it is necessary to understand that treatment should be timely and compulsorily complex. So, children are recommended bed rest and so-called dry heat on the lower abdominal area. It can be a warm scarf or heated salt in a special pouch. In addition, special attention should be given to nutrition. All salt and fried food gets under the ban. For the first time, light vegetarian dishes are recommended. With regard to drug therapy, then most often appointed a variety of antibacterial and pain medications, uroseptics and antispasmodics. The choice of a particular drug depends entirely on the cause that caused the ailment. Particular attention should be paid to personal hygiene. This means - to wash the child several times a day, daily change clothes. Only with such an integrated approach it will be possible to forget about the disease.