Brief Introduction of Bladder infections

A balloon shaped sac located in the lower abdomen of human body where urine and stool is stored until secretion is called bladder. It is located at the pelvis floor. The urine comes into bladder from kidneys by ureters and then excreted via urethra. To avoid bladder infections always try to maintain good hygiene and also take all necessary precautions in order to escape damage to the kidneys. One must be aware how to treat bladder infections primarily if not then immediately visit your physician. Bladder is a delicate organ needs care to carry out its normal function. If waste products are not removed from the body via bladder they produce extremely hazardous affects on body.

Women are more prone: Infections related to bladder are chiefly due to inflammation in bladder known as cystitis. Occurring very rarely in men but occurs frequently common in women. Around 20% of women experience bladder infections once in their life time. The chances of infections in bladder increase with time and age in men. The reason behind it is the enlargement in the size of the prostate with age. The women are more prone to these infection don’t know why as compared to men.

Reason why women are more prone: Still doctors are not sure about the exact reason but they think that the reason why women are more sensitive to bladder infections is that the tube which excretes urine from the bladder called urethra is shorter in women than men. That’s why bacteria reach immediately to bladder in women than men.  The length of urethra in women is one and a half inch so bacteria reaches quickly into the bladder and develops infection there. Sometimes bacteria come into bladder from anus and vagina as they are much closed to bladder in women. So it is better to maintain proper hygiene to lessen chances of bladder infections.

Complications: Generally bladder infections are not considered serious if they are treated on time. But in some individuals they come again and again. For them regular use of antibiotics is beneficial. Very hardly they lead to develop bladder infections. Kidney infections are complicated ones and the damage they cause to kidney is irreparable. So try to treat infections in bladder on priority level and take sufficient steps to avoid these infections. Recurrent infections are an alarm that you must have to consult specialist to lesson chances of damages that may be unbearable to your body.

Diagnosis, prevention and treatment: Elderly people are difficult to diagnose as they have rare symptoms and if any minor symptoms are present people relate it to age factor. If you have any such types of infections then you must consult physician must rather than self medication. Diagnostic tools are analysis of urine, urine culture and urine microscopy. Bladder infections are generally due to bacteria so antibiotic treatment is started first. But try to maintain hygiene, wash your lower part properly after every secretion. Pass urine and wash after every sexual intercourse. Use of cranberry juice is also beneficial.