
Prevention of the urogenital system inflammations. What features of the genitourinary system diseases? How to reduce the risk of disease?
Urethra, bladder, ureters and kidneys are urinary system of man. Its main problem is close connection with the reproductive system, from which follow various infectious diseases, sexually transmitted diseases.
The great length of urethra "protects" the upper urinary tract of men, because the inflammatory process is concentrated in the lower divisions, causing painful and frequent urination, colic, pain in the perineum.
The most common diagnosis for men is as follows: urethritis or inflammation of the urethra, prostatitis as inflammation of the prostate gland.
Urinary tract infection may occur due to the anomalies of genito-urinary organs; the absence of hygiene, irritation by external factors (soap, lubricants condom) anal sex, especially the vagina partner; injury.
In women, the urethra is broad and short, thus all germs easily fall further, providing the ascending infection. The most common disorders are as follows: cystitis or bladder infection, pyelonephritis, or inflammation of the renal pelvis.
Sometimes, women have found harmful micro flora in the urine without any signs of disease. Feature of inflammatory processes is that they occur in the chronic form, as to go unnoticed. The development of urinary tract infection in women affected by such factors as frequent change of sexual stalls, use of spermicidal creams, and non-compliance with hygiene woman or partner.
How to reduce the risk of disease?
There are several factors that can trigger relapses of urinary tract infection. These include as follows: anatomic abnormality (urolithiasis, developmental anomalies and the location of the kidneys, stricture of the urethra), chronic disease (diabetes, heart failure, and renal failure), and trauma, use certain tools in the survey (catheter, cystoscopy, bun greasing).
However, as the main cause of these diseases is infections, it is necessary to pay attention to it routes of infection, like: up the urethra, along with the flow of blood to the pelvic organs from other centers.
The key to prevention of pyelonephritis, cystitis, urethritis, prostatitis include:
1. Early treatment of diseases of the oral cavity, nasopharynx, throat, gastrointestinal tract, since the inflammation can cause other infections.
2. Urgent appeal to the infectious disease at the first signs of intoxication (fever, chills, rash).
3. Early treatment of genital infections.
4. Treatment of diseases, disrupting the bladder (kidney stones, spikes, adenoma, the narrowing of the urethra).
5. Avoiding overall negative effects on the body due to hypothermia, exhaustion or malnutrition.
6. Organizing sexual life, mandatory treatment for both partners to avoid relapses.
7. The reduction in the diet of too much spicy food, denial of alcohol abuse.
8. Treatment of chronic constipation, causing lymph and blood.
9. Warm clothes in winter will help avoid hypothermia.
10. Activities and breaks in sedentary work. Compulsory charge.
11. Strict adherence to sexual health and general hygiene.
Recommended medications for the treatment of urogenital system:
Prazosin,
Oxytrol (Oxybutynin),
Ditropan,
Detrol (Tolterodine),
Hydrochlorothiazide,
Florinef (Fludrocortisone).