Beware of urinary tract infection, it is healthier to drink less coffee

Editor's note: traditional chinese medicine stresses that the six fu-organs such as stomach, intestine and bladder are completely different from the five zang-organs such as heart, liver and kidney. Keeping their functions unobstructed is the best way to strengthen the body and prevent diseases. In the hot summer, due to sweating and less urination, urinary tract health such as bladder is under threat, especially the following five categories of people must prevent urinary tract infections.

Urinary tract infections, women are most likely to be trapped

Xiao Zhou, a freshman girl, is preparing for the final exam. Because the self-study class is far away from the dormitory, she takes a bottle of mineral water to self-study every morning. She looks at it all day and rarely goes to the toilet. Yesterday noon, Xiao Zhou found some bright red urine when she went to the toilet, scared her to go to the hospital to see a doctor. After testing, the red blood cells in Xiao Zhou's urine were as high as 25000/microliter (normal value should be less than 24/microliter), and the white blood cells were also as high as 7000/microliter (normal value is less than 26/microliter). The doctor diagnosed Xiao Zhou as suffering from acute urinary tract infection.

Jiangsu Province People's Hospital urology doctor Han Zhijian introduced, Summer is the female urinary tract infection high incidence season. Urology department about 130 people in the daily outpatient population, one-third of patients suffer from urinary tract infections, the vast majority of which are women. Urinary tract infection love in summer to find female trouble, and female physiological structure has a certain relationship. Because the female urethra is short, wide and straight, bacteria easily invade the urethra, coupled with the high summer temperature, the human body sweats more, bacteria multiply quickly, if the body resistance drops, bacteria will take advantage of the opportunity to cause urinary tract infection.

In addition, there are four groups of people with high urinary tract infections. One is chronically ill patients. Systemic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, chronic kidney disease, chronic diarrhea, etc. reduce the body's resistance and increase the risk of urinary tract infection. For example, diabetes patients due to endocrine disorders, reduced body resistance, the risk of a variety of infections will increase, of which urinary tract infections up to 16%-35%. Second, people who use contraceptives. Some external contraceptive films, contraceptive creams, contraceptive plugs, condoms will be coated with a layer of spermicide, some studies have found that some women have drug allergies to spermicide or increased vaginal secretions, which may increase the incidence of female urinary tract infections. Third, urinary tract obstruction. Such as ureter and kidney stones, urethral stricture, prostate hypertrophy, etc. can cause urine retention, so that bacteria easily reproduce and cause infection. Fourth, the recent urethral intubation or instrument inspection of people. Catheterization, cystoscopy, urinary tract surgery, etc. can cause local mucosal damage, and bring pathogens from the anterior urethra into the bladder or upper urinary tract and cause infection.

Frequent micturition, urgent urination and painful urination can not be tolerated

In fact, recall carefully, almost everyone has had the experience of holding urine, occasionally holding urine, as long as the bladder pressure is not serious, there is no serious impact. However, such as taxi drivers, white-collar women, etc., due to busy work, poor toilet hygiene and other reasons, it is easy to develop the habit of drinking less water and holding urine, thus increasing the risk of urinary tract infection.

So, under what circumstances should we be alert to urinary tract infections? The U.S. Women's Health Information Center summarizes the five most common manifestations, reminding everyone to see a doctor as soon as possible if they have the following symptoms: 1. frequent urination, urgency, always want to go to the toilet, just feel very urgent, but rarely go to urinate every time;2. painful urination, burning pain or tingling feeling when urinating;3. feeling of falling in the lower abdomen;4. urine smell bad, cloudy and/or red;5. fatigue, fever, chills.

To prevent urinary tract infections, the first thing to do is to avoid bad habits. In response, the Mayo Clinic, a well-known medical center in the United States, gave two suggestions:

One is to drink more water and not hold urine. Sweating in summer, urine volume will be significantly reduced, in order to maintain urine volume, we must drink plenty of water appropriately. Drinking plenty of water can dilute urine and flush the urethra, but it is best to drink less coffee, alcoholic drinks and soft drinks containing caffeine or juice, because during urinary tract infections, these drinks can irritate the bladder and make patients urinate frequently.

The second is to maintain good hygiene habits. About 80% of the pathogens of urinary tract infections belong to Escherichia coli. If the wiping method is not correct after relieving hands, it will greatly increase the risk of urinary tract contamination. Women in the stool after wiping with clean toilet paper, according to the order from the beginning to the end, so as not to pollute the vaginal mouth, if the bathroom has washing equipment, it is best to carefully wash the anal parts; should also put an end to unclean sexual intercourse, immediately after sex urinate, so that even if the bacteria have entered the urethra and bladder, it can also be excreted through urination.

The choice of underwear is also important. Sweating in summer, if not volatilized in time, not only will make the skin sticky, in the local cause of humid "microclimate", urinary health is also a big threat. For underwear texture, pure cotton is the best choice. Light breathable combed cotton underwear on the skin friction is small, and good water absorption. At the same time, it should be noted that underwear should not be too small or too tight, especially underwear should not be too tight. In addition, women should avoid using products that are irritating to the urethra. People with urinary tract infections can also apply hot water bags to the lower abdomen, which helps relieve bladder pressure and discomfort.

Treatment should be timely, adequate and full course of treatment

If you accidentally get a urinary tract infection, don't worry too much, as long as you get timely and standardized treatment, most of them can be cured. However, it should be noted that people who have had urinary tract infections have a significantly higher risk of reinfection than those who have not, so it is also necessary to prevent recurrence.

When a urinary tract infection first occurs, many people have symptoms that are not obvious, and some even have no symptoms, so they are easy to ignore. Many women are due to the spread of pathogens, vaginitis, cervicitis, pelvic inflammatory disease and so on were discovered.

Therefore, once found frequent micturition, urgency, urinary pain, chills, fever, low back pain and other symptoms, we should be extra vigilant. If the female leucorrhea increases, urethral orifice redness, purulent secretions, vaginal and vulvar itching, etc., it is more careless, which often suggests that an ascending infection has occurred. Once it becomes chronic urinary tract inflammation, there may be many complications, such as orchitis, epididymitis, prostatitis, seminal vesiculitis, epididymis nodules, sperm quantity and quality reduction, etc.; women may be complicated with vaginitis, cervicitis, appendicitis, endometriosis, pelvic inflammation, etc.

Appear the above symptoms, must go to the regular hospital in time for diagnosis and treatment. It is worth reminding that some patients feel that the symptoms "disappear" during the treatment process, so they no longer take medicine, resulting in repeated illness. Experts stressed that the treatment of urinary tract infection must follow the doctor's advice, adhere to timely, adequate, full course of treatment principles, must not stop at will. Otherwise, repeated episodes of urinary tract infections are likely to occur.

The so-called timely, is to find the disease early medication. After diagnosis of urinary tract infection, most will first be given sensitive antibiotics according to common pathogens. Before the pathogenic bacteria are identified, quinolones, penicillin, aminoglycoside antibiotics, cephalosporins, etc. can be given, and then the drugs can be adjusted in time according to the drug sensitivity results of urine culture. The so-called sufficient amount refers to the use of sufficient antibacterial drugs to achieve a blood concentration sufficient to eliminate pathogenic bacteria in a short time. Full course of treatment means that the course of treatment should be enough. Antibiotics should be continued for two weeks after symptoms disappear and urine cultures turn negative.

Traditional Chinese medicine can be both nourishing and treating

Because pathogenic factors are difficult to eliminate completely, it is very important to prevent recurrence of urinary tract infections. For chronic diseases, traditional Chinese medicine stresses "three-point treatment, seven-point maintenance", and emphasizes both symptoms and root causes in "maintenance" and "treatment", accumulating rich treatment experience. Urinary tract infection belongs to the category of "stranguria syndrome" in traditional chinese medicine, mainly caused by damp-heat in lower jiao and heat accumulation in bladder. The treatment methods can be roughly divided into three kinds: eliminating dampness and removing heat, clearing stranguria and diuresis, activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and tonifying kidney and replenishing qi.

Medication, whether acute or non-acute period, on the basis of differentiation, can choose some heat-clearing and detoxifying Chinese medicine, symptoms relief, disease recovery are beneficial. Traditional Chinese medicine treatment of urinary tract infection has the advantages of rapid control of symptoms, accurate efficacy, small toxic side effects, no drug resistance, etc., which has been increasingly valued by medical circles.

There are many kinds of drugs for treating urinary tract infections, among which Sanjin Tablet is a commonly used Chinese patent medicine. Sanjin Tablet is composed of high-quality authentic medicinal materials such as Golden Cherry Root, King Kong Thorn and Jinsha Teng, so it is called "Sanjin". Compared with antibiotics, Sanjin tablets have a high degree of renal safety, and long-term use will not produce drug resistance. The drug is mainly aimed at urinary tract infections, can quickly relieve symptoms, but also has a unique kidney-benefiting effect.

Sanjin tablet has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, resisting bacteria and diminishing inflammation, removing dampness and relieving stranguria, tonifying deficiency and tonifying kidney. In addition to relieving symptoms, it can also regulate systemic functions, improve immunity, cure symptoms and root causes, achieve "healthy qi remains inside, evil cannot dry", accelerate recovery, and further prevent recurrence of diseases.

(This edition of the article was written by our special reporters Zhi Zhong and Wu Nina)

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