Symptoms of cystitis.
The causes of cystitis are very different. Infection easily penetrates into the bladder (its mucous membrane), most often when the defenses of the body are weakened (for example, the common cold). But there are cystitis that do not result from infection, but as a cause of thermal and chemical burns (unintended complications in medical manipulations), with irritation of the bladder, namely its mucosa, when urinary excretion of chemicals (eg, drugs, if they used for a long time and in large doses), with damage, due to the release of stones from the kidneys, and many others. Very often an infectious process (fungi, staphylococcus, Trichomonas and others) is attached to the non-infectious organism.
In the course of the disease, acute and chronic cystitis are distinguished. Painful frequent urination is the main symptom of cystitis.
Nutrition for cystitis.
Cystitis acute.
Through the bladder (one of the parts of the urinary system) out of the body leaves a large number of unnecessary substances. Because of what the food we use, necessarily affects the mucous membrane of the bladder.
In acute type of cystitis, the wall of the bladder becomes inflamed, so it is susceptible to substances that are not normally reacted. The main task of nutrition in the treatment at this stage: the maximum washing of the urinary tract (in the withdrawal of the fluid, the infections that cause the disease and the products formed due to the inflammatory reaction go off) and prevent further exposure of the food to the mucous membrane.
Therefore, for this type of cystitis, it is recommended to use as much as possible liquids (one and a half to two liters per day) in the form of juices, compotes, mineral water, broths from herbs (bearberry, corn stigmas, kidney tea), mineral water. It is also advised to eat fresh fruits and vegetables, mainly melons (watermelons, zucchini, melons, which have a diuretic effect). Later add milk drinks and milk, unsalted varieties of cheese, cottage cheese, then - fish and meat.
It is forbidden to take alcoholic beverages, strong tea and coffee, spicy seasonings, sweet carbonated water, salty, acidic, smoked products, as well as those in the preparation of which preservatives and various chemicals were used (one of them is dyes) in acute cystitis.
Cystitis is chronic.
With this type of cystitis, the wall of the bladder suffers in full (inflamed, swells, sometimes ulcers are formed). Symptoms of chronic and acute cystitis are identical.
Antimicrobial and diuretic action is the main task of the therapeutic diet for chronic type of cystitis. For a diuretic effect, it is necessary to constantly eat various fruits and vegetables (especially watermelons, pumpkin, pears and melons), and for antimicrobial effects take broths of herbs. Just as with an acute type of disease, you need a copious drink (up to one and a half liters per day).
It is necessary to exclude from the menu, especially with exacerbation of the disease, smoked and fried foods, spices, canned dishes, broths (fish, meat and mushroom), pickles. Fruits and vegetables that adversely affect the urinary tract are not recommended (for example, onion, garlic, radish, radish, horseradish, sorrel, cauliflower, celery, sour berries and fruits, green salad, tomatoes).
Great value in chronic cystitis is given to the gastrointestinal tract. With constipation, fecal stagnation occurs in the intestines, as a result of which toxic substances are absorbed into the blood, which again irritates the mucous membrane of the bladder. Because of what the patient during remission is encouraged to eat more vegetables that are rich in coarse fiber (carrots, fresh cabbage, etc.). Sources of carbohydrates are also pasta and cereals. In the shells of cereals contains a lot of coarse fiber, which increases peristalsis and increases intestinal tone.
One of the recommended menus for people with chronic cystitis.
About a year, after the last exacerbation of the disease, you must follow the following diet:
- Breakfast - pasta, milk porridge, kefir, unsalted cheese, vegetable puree, omelet or soft-boiled eggs, cottage cheese, juice or loose tea;
- Lunch - on the first: cereal or vegetable soups, beetroot, shchi, borsch; for the second: fish or boiled meat, steam cutlets, meatballs; garnish: pasta, cereals, stewed vegetables; for dessert: jelly, compotes, juices, mousses;
- Afternoon snack - baked potatoes with butter, kefir, fruit;
- Dinner - pancakes, casseroles with cottage cheese, vinaigrette, pasta with cheese, buns.
With cystitis, proper nutrition and attention to one's health is very important.