With the appearance of severe pain and cramps during urination, as well as discomfort in the lower abdomen, self-diagnosis of “cystitis” and resorting to self-medication on the advice of the Internet is strongly discouraged. Svetlana Mishina, gynecologist-endocrinologist of the Grand Clinic network of immunorehabilitation and preventive medicine clinics, told socialbites.ca about this.
“The pain can be so severe that the person looks for every opportunity to get rid of it. Usually, tips that can be found on the Internet are used, such as taking a warm bath and taking antibiotics. Some drugs are really relaxing. But eliminating a symptom and curing a disease are two different things,” explained Svetlana Mishina.
According to the doctor, after such treatment of cystitis the symptoms may disappear, but the disease will become chronic.
“An untreated bladder, as a rule, becomes inflamed again after a while, and the patient suffers from chronic cystitis, which is more difficult to treat,” warned the doctor.
In addition, cystitis – inflammation of the bladder – often occurs in parallel with inflammation of the kidneys – pyelonephritis – and this “may occur without overt pain symptoms.”
The gynecologist added that cystitis-specific symptoms may indicate other diseases.
“Inflammation of the uterine appendages, for example, when infected with a sexually transmitted disease,” explained Svetlana Mishina.
The doctor urged women to consult a doctor immediately in case of painful urination.
“Still, if you have resolved the symptoms yourself, be sure to take a urine test and a vaginal swab to make sure you don’t have kidney inflammation and an STI,” the gynecologist said.
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