Women suffer less from urological pathologies than men. However, when they reach a certain age, it is common for them to suffer from some ailments which, although they are generally easy to solve, reduce their quality of life. Urinary tract infection is the main urological ailment in women. There are guidelines, changes in habits and pelvic floor exercises that can prevent complications.
Urinary pathologies in women
- Of every four patients with polyps in the kidneys, one is a woman. In addition, in one third of cases it is women who suffer from bladder cancer.
- Resistance to antibiotics.
- Vaginal candidiasis.
- Infective stones, which are very aggressive germs that form stones and seriously affect the kidney.
Basically, what happens when suffering from some of these pathologies is that women tend to have urinary tract infections with a certain frequency. It is at this point that complications arise. Those women who suffer three or four cystitis in a year should see a specialist in Urology, since it is synonymous that there is some habit or process that favors infections.
Recommendations
- Guidelines, behavioral changes, antibiotic treatments and even effective vaccines to protect against bacteria and avoid repeated cystitis.
- Cranberries are recommended by many specialists as a preventive remedy.
- Medication that does not let the disease progress, before it becomes serious or recurrent.
Cystitis and urinary incontinence
Although cystitis and its consequences do not distinguish between young and old women, at a certain age it is more normal for defenses to drop. This, together with pelvic organ prolapse and urinary incontinence, more frequent in older women, favors the development of infections. In fact, stress urinary incontinence is the typical female urological disease. It affects one third of older women, worsens with menopause and consists of urine leakage during efforts, some of them mild, such as coughing, laughing or walking. It is a problem caused by the natural wear and tear of the body, especially the loss of support of the urethra. This organ is located inside the abdomen and, in a woman in which it is not well supported, when coughing or laughing it is pushed outwards and the pressure prevents it from being able to keep closed so as not to lose liquid.
Treatment of urinary incontinence
- Pelvic floor exercises to strengthen the muscles, in addition to the use of compresses, when leakage is mild.
- Simple, minimally invasive surgery to put the urethra in place when rehabilitation or exercises fail.