Symptoms of cystitis
Depending on the form of the course of the disease, acute and chronic cystitis are distinguished. Acute pathology develops rapidly, literally immediately after exposure to provoking factors. The chronic form is most often the result of an untimely detected and cured acute inflammatory process.
Acute cystitis
Acute inflammation develops rapidly. Most often, a person has pain in the lower abdomen and there is a disorder of urination: it becomes frequent and painful. In some cases, the presence of blood (hematuria) or pus (pyuria) is noted in the urine. However, the general condition of the body remains quite normal. The symptoms of acute cystitis are easily stopped by medications, quite often they go away by themselves.
Chronic cystitis
Chronic cystitis is usually expressed less intensively than acute. But at the same time, such pathology does not occur as an isolated case, but in the form of a permanent disease with regular exacerbations. In most cases, it is indicated by symptoms such as:
pollakiuria, or frequent urination
pains localized above the pubis are of a different nature (cutting, dull, burning)
emptying the bladder in small portions, subject to frequent urges
uncontrollable urge to urinate at night
cloudy urine (with an admixture of blood or pus)
unpleasant urine odor
In addition, patients with a chronic form of the disease have a significant change in their general condition: body temperature rises, fatigue and irritability are noted.
Often, the symptoms of chronic cystitis are complicated by signs of much more dangerous diseases — interstitial pathology and pyelonephritis. Interstitial inflammation of the bladder is indicated by symptoms such as: frequent urination (up to 60 times a day), pelvic pain, imperative (imperative) nature of urination, sleep disturbance, loss of performance. Signs of such a complication as pyelonephritis, in this case, will be: high fever, chills, pain in the lumbar region, nausea, vomiting. The most common probability of developing this complication in chronic cystitis is observed in girls aged 4 to 12 years.
