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Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Pain in the bladder can testify both to problems with the bladder itself, and the violation of the work of neighboring organs, such as the kidneys, ureter, genitals, coccyx. In chronic diseases, pain in the bladder is permanent, often painful urination. Pain arising during urination, indicates an acute disease of the bladder. In the event that the pain appears during a different kind of movement, most often this indicates the presence of stones in the bladder.
The bladder is one of the organs of the urinary system, in its structure a hollow muscular sac. It consists of five divisions passing into each other: the tip, the body of the bladder, the median umbilical ligament, the bottom of the bladder.
[Symptoms
Pain with urination
In most cases, pain in the bladder during the act of urination is associated with cystitis. Pain, the intensity of which increases due to the filling of the bladder, reaches a peak at the end of urination, and after it fades, speaks of a diffuse inflammation of the bladder's mucosa. In severe forms of the disease, periods decrease, and the pain is almost constant. With cervical cystitis, pain occurs at the end of urination and continues for some time. Any form of cystitis is characterized by a triad of symptoms: soreness and frequency of urination, and the presence of pus in the urine.
Similar symptoms are also characteristic of cystalgia. For this disease, there is a lack or insignificance of mucosal inflammation. Diagnosis of the disease is made if complaints of pain in the bladder are the same as with cystitis, but there is no inflammation and pyuria. In this case, the patient is referred for cystoscopy.
If, during urination, a penis hurts in men, and in particular his head, this indicates stones in the bladder. The urethra is irritated and inflamed due to salts or stones emerging through it, which is the cause of the pain.
Pain in the bladder not associated with urination
In the case of pain during walking, riding, physical work, it indicates the stones and is explained by their movement into the cavity of the bladder. Pain acute is undulating. Also, in the presence of stones, in the urine there is an increased amount of erythrocytes and leukocytes.
It is not rare that pain in the bladder is caused by prostate adenoma, as well as urethral stricture. In such cases, the patient experiences urinary retention and painful acute pain. The bladder protrudes prominently above the pelvis. Patients report that they can not urinate with the strongest urge. In the case of urination, the pain briefly subsides. The intensity of the pain is so great that the patients are ready for anything, even an operation to stop it.
Intensive pain in the bladder and lower abdomen, unbearable urge to urinate, which can not be done, appearing blood droplets instead of urine during straining, these are all signs of a bladder rupture. And in this case, immediate surgical intervention is required.
Also, pain in the bladder can be associated with the presence of a patient with a malignant or benign tumor, which is easily diagnosed by a specialist. In addition, it causes venereal diseases and infectious diseases of the genital organs.
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Treatment of the pain in the bladder
In the event that you and your loved ones have a bladder, do not take it into your head to self-medicate. Only a qualified person can determine the cause of the pain and prescribe the right treatment. Also, you can not hesitate with the diagnosis, and when going to the doctor, try to remember other signs of the violation, so that the diagnosis is carried out quickly and accurately. Since the pain in the bladder can talk about a number of violations in other organs, be prepared to visit various doctors, not just the urologist.