Spasms and cramps in the bladder in women, men: causes, treatment

Involuntary contraction of the muscles of the urinary cavity, which causes sharp pain, is called a spasm of the bladder. During such a contraction, the patient experiences convulsions and a sharp urge to urinate, which do not always indicate a truly full bladder. Colic occurs for many reasons, but the most common are inflammatory processes in the urinary cavity.

Causes of spasms

Spasms in men

Bladder spasms in men most often appear due to the development of cystitis, which is an inflammatory process in the bladder. However, the inflammation is not limited to the bladder and spreads to other internal organs, including the gastrointestinal tract, appendages, and the prostate gland. After that, in men, there is a stabbing pain when emptying the urinary cavity, which is alien to the female.

In addition, spasms in the bladder in men can also occur due to the frequent overflow of the urinary cavity, in cases where the patient does not empty the bladder for a long time and restrains urination for a long time. This is fraught not only with the occurrence of a condition when something pricks in the bladder, but also with a disruption in the functioning of other organs, as well as a deterioration in the general state of human health.

Spasms in women

Most often, spasm of the bladder in women occurs due to the following conditions:

• diseases of the urinary canal, which have a chronic or inflammatory form;
• infectious diseases that are sexually transmitted;
• personal hygiene violations;
• malignant neoplasms in the bladder or in neighboring organs;
• development of urolithiasis;
• injury to the pelvic region;
• bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract that end up in the bladder with urine;
• frequent hypothermia.

In addition to the above causes of pain, the following factors can contribute to the development of bladder spasm:

• wrong way of life;
• excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages;
• smoking;
• unhealthy diet, which contains many foods that irritate the bladder mucosa;
• pregnancy, during which spasms in the bladder are physically conditioned.

Symptoms of spasms

Along with spasms, there may be a burning sensation in the groin area and acute pain during the emptying process.

The main signs of the development of the disease at the initial stage are frequent urination, burning in the groin area and acute pain during emptying. In addition, attacks of spasms and stabbing pain in the urinary cavity are accompanied by a number of the following symptoms:

• a constant feeling of overcrowding of the urinary cavity, which causes heaviness in its area;
• incomplete emptying of the bladder;
• cutting pain in the lower abdomen;
• frequent urination;
• nausea;
• fever (often a sign of the presence of additional diseases).

Diagnostics

To identify a spasm of the bladder, patients will need to take urine and blood samples for analysis. In them, experts study:

• the presence of salts and protein in urine;
• concentration of uric acid;
• urine density;
• the presence of bacteria;
• cholesterol level;
• creatinine level;
• concentration of leukocytes and erythrocytes.

For the most accurate analysis of urine, the patient should pass on the study of morning urine, which is taken at the first emptying after sleep. To begin with, it is important for the patient to carry out personal hygiene, and then empty himself into a pre-prepared and clean container (it is better if it is a special pharmacy container for collecting urine). After passing the tests, the attending physician sends the person to a hardware study, which includes an ultrasound examination of the genitourinary system and cystoscopy - a study performed using an endoscope and making it possible to study the condition of not only the bladder, but also its mucosa. In addition, female patients will need to take a gynecological smear from the vagina, with the help of which specialists determine the presence of diseases of the reproductive system.

Treatment of pathology

Medical therapy

Treatment of pain in the bladder is aimed at eliminating the disease that provokes it. For example, if the cause of the tingling is cystitis, doctors prescribe antibiotics. Regardless of the cause of pain in the bladder, doctors first relieve stabbing spasms, guided by such drugs: Baralgin, Chloral Hydrate and Morphine. After that, the patient is artificially pumped out urine in cases where it could not be excreted on its own. This procedure is carried out with the help of the drug "Kotervin".

Often, doctors, in order to eliminate tingling, resort to homeopathic therapy, the methodology of which is established based on the power of colic entering the bladder. Often, the drug "Kantaris compositum" allows you to relieve spasm of the bladder, which is used both in the form of injections and in the form of drops. In situations where specialists prescribe oral administration, the patient will need to drink it every 15 minutes until the tingling and urination stops. Validity - no longer than 2 hours.

Treatment of pain in the bladder area with folk remedies

When pain in the bladder is not caused by a disease, it can be removed using folk methods. Magnesium is widely used in such situations, which improves muscle contraction, strengthens them and prevents accidental contractions that provoke colic. In situations where patients have crystals or stones in their urine, traditional healers recommend using krateva, which has the ability to act on stones by dissolving them. Often they resort to the help of horsetail, which has a strengthening effect on the muscles, improves the condition of the tissues of the bladder and eliminates colic and cutting pains. To relieve an attack of pain in the bladder in women, healers are advised to use decoctions of black nightshade, infusions of chamomile and nivyanik, birch bark, mixtures of dill seeds and prickly tatar, teas from mint and linden, carrot tops.