Inflammatory processes in the prostate (prostate) are often called prostatitis. The prostate is an exclusively male organ located in the pelvic region under the bladder. It has several functions: the secret of the prostate is part of the sperm, at the time of sexual arousal, the gland plays the role of a sphincter - it blocks the entrance to the bladder.
Prostatitis: the urgency of the problem
According to American researchers, prostatitis is detected in about 25% of patients with urological problems. And overall, about 9% of the male population across the globe suffers from this disease.
In a single country, this pathology covers about 35% of young men, and in 7 to 30%, prostatitis has complicated forms and ranks first among all diseases of the male reproductive system. This is likely due to the mindset of our population - only a small percentage of men seek qualified medical help on time. Most of the time, signs of prostatitis are ignored until the situation becomes really serious.
Although the disease is not a serious threat to life, it can complicate a man's life, lead to severe depression, deprive him of simple pleasures, and, to an extreme degree, render him sterile.
Acute and Chronic Prostatitis
According to the classification adopted in 1995 in the United States, prostatitis is divided into the following forms:
- Acute bacterial prostatitis;
- Chronic bacterial prostatitis;
- Chronic bacterial prostatitis;
- Asymptomatic prostatitis.
Acute prostatitis is the result of a bacterial attack on the gland. They can be microbes, viruses, protozoa and even fungi. Treatment of acute prostatitis is based on the use of antibacterial drugs.
Chronic prostatitis, which is not associated with infectious agents, deserves special attention, as it occurs 8 times more often than bacterial prostatitis, is of unknown origin and causes many controversies regarding therapeutic methods.
Therefore, chronic prostatitis, not associated with infections, has an obscure etiology. Several factors have been identified that contribute to the slow development of inflammation in the prostate.
- Sedentary lifestyle (truck drivers, office workers);
- Intimate life disorders: very rare or very frequent sexual intercourse, interrupted sexual intercourse, sexual perversion;
- Constipation;
- Hypothermia and frequent infectious diseases;
- Sexual infections and the presence of other urological diseases in the history;
- Weakened immunity and serious chronic diseases.
Signs of Prostatitis: These Conflicting Opinions of Urologists
Acute prostatitis, as a rule, is accompanied by general toxic symptoms: fever, loss of strength, decreased mood, weakness, etc. A man complains of pain in the lower abdomen or back, scrotum or groin. Pain also manifests itself during urination, defecation, after intercourse. A man can detect the secretion of gray or grayish-green fluid from the urethra; there is blood in the semen.
If urologists' opinions coincide with acute prostatitis, then disputes arise with the clinical manifestations of chronic prostatitis.
Most experts consider the main symptom of chronic prostatitis to be erectile dysfunction. We hear about it on TV screens advertising anti-prostatitis drugs. Many men associate their failures in bed with prostatitis, independently prescribing treatment with advertised medications.
The oncourologist and researcher at the Institute of Urology believes that this is a far-fetched misrepresentation of the male half to promote drugs. In his opinion, chronic prostatitis does not cause erectile dysfunction and male impotence episodes are just psycho-emotional blocks and self-hypnosis. The treatment of erectile dysfunction in this case is reduced to a conversation with a psychotherapist.
The doctor notes that prostatitis has recently become a commercial disease from which careless doctors make money. The applicant is diagnosed with a non-existent disease, many expensive diagnostic procedures and treatments are prescribed, and then the patient breathes in symptoms on their own, waits for the manifestations, and they don't wait.
The indisputable signs of prostatitis are pelvic pain, pain when urinating and after ejaculation. A swollen, inflamed gland can compress nearby organs, which can cause constipation and difficulty urinating. Pain after ejaculation is due to the contraction of the ducts after the release of sperm, and the contraction in the inflamed gland continues with pain.
The quality of sex life is violated: the man notices that he is less interested in sex life, and the pleasure has been "erased", there is no sense of satisfaction in intimacy. Painful ejaculations are another reason to refuse intimacy.
The development of infertility with chronic inflammation in the prostate is associated with alterations in the spermogram, which are unavoidable, as the chemical composition of the secretion from the prostate changes. Sperm count decreases, pathological forms or dead sperm appear.
How to maintain man's health?
A man's health is in the hands of a competent urologist! As soon as signs of prostatitis are detected, it is necessary to consult a doctor. The treatment is long and complex. Depending on the etiology, this may include antibiotic therapy, anti-inflammatory and decongestant medications, peptide regulators, analgesics, prostate massage, and physical therapy treatments.
It is believed that married men are less likely to develop prostatitis. Regular sex life with one of the partners does not give a chance for the development of inflammatory and stagnant processes in the gland. Therefore, marriage and spouse loyalty, as banal as it may seem, is a preventive measure for prostatitis.