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What is urinary tract infection?
Cystitis is an infection of the urinary bladder, a urinary tract infection, which almost always caused by bacteria. Bacteria thrive well in the body warm urine, and they reproduce rapidly when they get into the urinary bladder. Eventually, these bacteria cause an inflammation of the lining of the dress the inside of the bladder. Lining will be red and irritated, and the urinary bladder is irritable. Urination can also be painful because of soreness and inflammation of the urethra. In addition, many suffer from pain and heat sensation in my abdomen after urination.

The symptoms of this condition is so typical that the vast majority who have had cystitis before, will be able to make the diagnosis themselves.

The condition is very common and constitute about 3.5% of all requests in general practice. In the age group 26-30 years is 100 times as many women as men who have urinary tract infection.

What causes urinary tract infection in women?
Cystitis may occur when there are bacteria in the urinary bladder, where it is otherwise bacteria-free. It is almost entirely bacteria from the intestine that causes urinary tract infections, and 3 of 4 cases caused by the bacterium E. coli can get into the urinary bladder at the hostel from the skin, through the short urethra and into the bladder. They can also come straight from the gut through the bladder wall.

By increasing estrogen deficiency in menopause is the lining of both the vagina and urinary tract dry and thin and less resistant to bacteria. The possibility of an infection increases, therefore, in this period.

Intercourse where the penis presses against the anterior vaginal wall, the bacteria get into the urine from the area around the urethra opening, and the glands along the urethra. It is therefore not unusual for cystitis may debut after intercourse.

It also seems to be a correlation between rare and frequent urination cystitis. Women who rarely leaves the water and that stays in tight, get a longer retention of random bacteria in the bladder. This increases the risk for cystitis.