Chronic cystitis may last 10 years

Cystitis can be a chronic disease, from which you will be treated for many years. This woman is trying to overcome the disease for 10 le m.

Most brides have survived the most wonderful memories of the wedding day, but the 30-year-old Englishwoman Emma Edwards it was another episode of life, consisting of shame and pain. Even though she was smiling, standing next to the groom Duncan, but in fact could hardly contain myself not to bend. Her aching back, remained relentless burning sensation in the pelvic region. And every half hour the bride removed the toilet. Emma is one of hundreds of thousands of residents of the UK suffering from chronic interstitial   cystitis . Most of the victims of the disease - women.

Among the symptoms chronic cystitis pain, constant desires in a toilet, and a burning sensation during urination. All this looks like an ordinary cystitis, which is caused by an infection. But in case of chronic inflammation occurs cystitis bladder wall. This may be due to childbirth or surgery. In some cases, the cause of the disease are unknown. Most often the victims of chronic cystitis   are women older than 40, but the disease affects and young.

"Bacterial infections, autoimmune diseases and hypersensitivity may be associated with chronic cystitis, - says surgeon Consultant Urological Clinic in Birmingham Zaki Almallah. - Among the latest versions explaining the appearance of this disease appear leak or breach the surface of the bladder, which is able to lead to stable bacterial infections ".

Alas, if the normal cystitis can be cured with antibiotics, and the use of a plurality of liquid, then treat chronic often for years and decades of trial and error. What works with some patients, does not work with others. One method of treatment is intravesical therapy or injections into the bladder combinations of drugs that need to protect this body. In either case, the treatment process lengthy, and it does not ensure complete recovery even in case of a positive effect.

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