Symptoms of Cystitis

List of symptoms of Cystitis:

The list of signs and symptoms mentioned in various sources for Cystitis includes the 18 symptoms listed below:

• Urinary pain
• Urinary burning
• Difficulty urinating
• Frequent urination
• Urinary urgency
• Constant urge to urinate
• Bladder pain
• Lower abdominal pain
• Lower abdominal ache
• Abdominal sensitivity
• Dark urine
• Blood in urine
• Fever
• Chills
• Blood in urine
• Cloudy urine
• Smelly urine
• Cystitis after sex - such as "honeymoon bladder"

Note that Cystitis symptoms usually refers to various symptoms known to a patient, but the phrase Cystitis signs may refer to those signs only noticable by a doctor.

More ways to research these symptoms: To research other symptoms use the symptom center, or to research causes of more than one symptom in combination, try our multi-symptom search.

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Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical tests related to Cystitis:

• Bladder & Urinary Health: Home Testing:
  • Home Bladder Tests
  • Home Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) Tests
  • Home Cystitis Tests
  • Home Kidney Tests
  • Home Urine Protein Tests (Kidney Function)
  • Home Prostate Cancer Tests
• Kidney Health: Home Testing:
  • Home Microalbumin Tests (Kidney)
  • Home Urine Protein Tests (Kidney)
  • Home Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) Tests

Wrongly Diagnosed with Cystitis?

The list of other diseases or medical conditions that may be on the differential diagnosis list of alternative diagnoses for Cystitis includes:

• Female urethral syndrome
• Urethral conditions (type of Urinary disorders)
• Urethritis
• Sexually transmitted diseases
• Bladder stone (type of Urinary stones)

See the full list of 23 alternative diagnoses for Cystitis

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Other Possible Causes of these Symptoms

Click on any of the symptoms below to see a full list of other causes including diseases, medical conditions, toxins, drug interactions, or drug side effect causes of that symptom.

• Abdominal sensitivity - see all causes of Abdominal pain
• Bladder pain - see all causes of Bladder pain
• Blood in urine - see all causes of Blood in urine
• Blood in urine - see all causes of Blood in urine
• Chills - see all causes of Chills
• Cloudy urine - see all causes of Cloudy urine
• Constant urge to urinate - see all causes of Urinary urgency
• Cystitis after sex - see all causes of Bladder symptoms
• Dark urine - see all causes of Dark urine
• Difficulty urinating - see all causes of Urinary difficulty
• Fever - see all causes of Fever
• Frequent urination - see all causes of Frequent urination
• Lower abdominal pain - see all causes of Lower abdominal pain
• Smelly urine - see all causes of Urine odor
• Urinary burning - see all causes of Urinary burning
• Urinary pain - see all causes of Urinary pain
• Urinary urgency - see all causes of Urinary urgency

Medical Books Online about Cystitis

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Symptoms of Cystitis: Online Medical Books

16 MEDICAL BOOKS ONLINE! Review excerpts from medical books online, free, without registration, for more information about the symptoms of Cystitis.

Bladder cancer: Signs and symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))

In early stages, approximately 25% of patients with bladder tumors have no symptoms. Commonly, the first sign is gross, painless, intermittent hematuria (in many cases with clots in the urine). Many patients with invasive lesions have suprapubic pain after voiding. Other signs and symptoms include bladder irritability, urinary frequency, nocturia, and dribbling.

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Lower urinary tract infection: Signs and symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))

Lower UTI usually produces urgency, frequency, dysuria, cramps or spasms of the bladder, itching, a feeling of warmth during urination, nocturia, and possibly urethral discharge in males. Inflammation of the bladder wall also causes hematuria and fever. Other common features include low back pain, malaise, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain or tenderness over the bladder area, chills, and flank pain.

ELDER TIP The most common initial symptoms of lower UTI in elderly patients are lethargy and a change in mental status.

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Neurogenic bladder: Signs and symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))

Neurogenic bladder produces a wide range of clinical effects, depending on the underlying cause and its effect on the structural integrity of the bladder. Usually, this disorder causes some degree of incontinence, changes in initiation or interruption of micturition, and the inability to empty the bladder completely. Other effects of neurogenic bladder include vesicoureteral reflux, deterioration or infection in the upper urinary tract, and hydroureteral nephrosis.

Depending on the site and extent of the spinal cord lesion, spastic neurogenic bladder may produce involuntary or frequent scanty urination, without a feeling of bladder fullness, and possibly spontaneous spasms of the arms and legs. Anal sphincter tone may be increased. Tactile stimulation of the abdomen, thighs, or genitalia may precipitate voiding and spontaneous contractions of the arms and legs. With cord lesions in the upper thoracic (cervical) level, bladder distention can trigger hyperactive autonomic reflexes, resulting in severe hypertension, bradycardia, and headaches.

Flaccid neurogenic bladder may be associated with overflow incontinence, diminished anal sphincter tone, and a greatly distended bladder (evident on percussion or palpation), but without the accompanying feeling of bladder fullness due to sensory impairment.

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Bladder cancer: Signs and symptoms
(Handbook of Diseases)

In early stages, about 25% of patients with bladder tumors have no symptoms. Commonly, the first sign is gross, painless, intermittent hematuria (often with clots in the urine). Patients with invasive lesions often have suprapubic pain after voiding. Other symptoms include bladder irritability, urinary frequency, nocturia, and dribbling.

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Neurogenic bladder: Signs and symptoms
(Handbook of Diseases)

Neurogenic bladder produces a wide range of symptoms, depending on the underlying cause and its effect on the structural integrity of the bladder. Usually, this disorder causes some degree of incontinence, changes in initiation or interruption of micturition, and an inability to completely empty the bladder. Other signs and symptoms of neurogenic bladder include vesicoureteral reflux, deterioration or infection in the upper urinary tract, and hydroureteral nephrosis.

Spastic neurogenic bladder

Depending on the site and extent of the spinal cord lesion, spastic neurogenic bladder may produce involuntary or frequent scanty urination without a feeling of bladder fullness and possibly spontaneous spasms of the arms and legs. Anal sphincter tone may be increased.

Tactile stimulation of the abdomen, thighs, or genitalia may precipitate voiding and spontaneous contractions of the arms and legs. With cord lesions in the upper thoracic (cervical) level, bladder distention can trigger hyperactive autonomic reflexes, resulting in severe hypertension, bradycardia, and headaches.

Flaccid neurogenic bladder

Features of flaccid neurogenic bladder include overflow incontinence, diminished anal sphincter tone, and a greatly distended bladder (this is evident on percussion or palpation), but without the accompanying feeling of bladder fullness because of sensory impairment.

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Urinary tract infection, lower: Signs and symptoms
(Handbook of Diseases)

Lower UTI usually produces urgency, frequency, dysuria, cramps or spasms of the bladder, itching, a feeling of warmth during urination, nocturia, and possibly urethral discharge in males. Inflammation of the bladder wall also causes hematuria and fever.

Other common features include low back pain, malaise, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain or tenderness over the bladder area, chills, and flank pain.

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Cystitis as a Cause of Symptoms or Medical Conditions

When considering symptoms of Cystitis, it is also important to consider Cystitis as a possible cause of other medical conditions. The Disease Database lists the following medical conditions that Cystitis may cause:

• Abdominal pain
• Haematuria

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About signs and symptoms of Cystitis:

The symptom information on this page attempts to provide a list of some possible signs and symptoms of Cystitis. This signs and symptoms information for Cystitis has been gathered from various sources, may not be fully accurate, and may not be the full list of Cystitis signs or Cystitis symptoms. Furthermore, signs and symptoms of Cystitis may vary on an individual basis for each patient. Only your doctor can provide adequate diagnosis of any signs or symptoms and whether they are indeed Cystitis symptoms.