Cystitis is inflammation of the urinary bladder. The condition more often affects women, but can affect either sex and all age groups.
There are several types of cystitis:
Cystitis occurs when the normally sterile lower urinary tract (urethra and bladder) is infected by bacteria and becomes irritated and inflamed. It is very common.
The condition frequently affects sexually active women ages 20 to 50 but may also occur in those who are not sexual...
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Cystitis
Medicine
Risk Factors:
- Reflux nephropathy
- Pregnancy
- Prostatitis
- Fecal incontinence
- Old age
- Female
- Urinary catheterization
- Diabetes mellitus
- Cystoscopy
- Urethral stricture
Treatments:
- Phenazopyridine
- Nitrofurantoin
- Doxycycline
- Amoxicillin
- Cephalosporin
- Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole
- Ciprofloxacin