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Radiotherapy may irritate your bladder.
You may feel the need to pass urine more often, especially at night.
You may feel some burning or stinging when you pass urine. (This is called cystitis.)
You can help yourself by doing these things…
- Drink more fluids during your course of treatment. This makes you less likely to get cystitis, and can make it less painful if you do.
- Don't be tempted to drink less, so that you pass less water. This will make your urine more concentrated and it will hurt even more.
- Avoid acid fruit juices, alcohol, coffee and smoking. Drinking plenty of tap or bottled water may help.
- Bathe regularly and keep yourself clean after you go to the toilet.
Your urine may be checked at the hospital to see whether you have an infection. If you do, antibiotics can clear it up.
If your symptoms are very troublesome you may get some medicine to make you go to the toilet less often.
Please tell your doctor, nurse or radiographer about any problems you are having.
