Chronic inflammation of the prostate affects about 30% of men aged between 20 and 50.This is one of the most common urological diseases among men.
Due to inflammation, prostatitis is divided into two groups.The first group includes infectious prostatitis, which can be caused by various bacteria, viruses or fungal diseases.
The second group includes the so-called congestive prostatitis, which is caused by stagnation of fluid (secret) from the prostate and blood in the veins of this organ.The development of these symptoms is observed, for example, with irregular sexual activity.Venous congestion can occur during prolonged sedentary work in a sedentary position (for example, motor vehicle drivers, mental workers), when wearing tight underwear, as well as with alcohol abuse.
Factors in the development of prostatitis
In addition, the factors that predispose to the development of prostatitis are: a decrease in the body's defenses, hormonal disorders, untreated foci of infection, from which microbes penetrate the prostate and contribute to the development of inflammation.
The risk of prostatitis as a result of decreased immunity is higher in people who are frequently ill, against a background of nervous overstrain, chronic stress, smoking and alcohol.All these factors facilitate the penetration of infection into the prostate gland, or lead to a deterioration in the blood supply to the pelvic organs, stagnant processes, which contributes to the proliferation of microorganisms and the development of the inflammatory process.
What happens?
Most often, prostatitis develops chronically, over several years, without causing much concern.In this case, mild pain and discomfort may occur in the perineum, radiating to the sacrum, genitals or rectum.Periodically, frequent, painful, and sometimes difficult urination and slight discharge from the urethra are observed.
Unfortunately, most men at this stage do not pay attention to these symptoms, but in vain.The danger of chronic prostatitis is that its spread through the urinary system can lead to the development of cystitis and pyelonephritis.
Furthermore, complications of prostatitis are vesiculitis - inflammation of the seminal vesicles and orchiepididymitis - inflammation of the testicles and their appendages, and this can lead to male infertility.In addition, inflammatory processes in the prostate can subsequently cause the development of adenoma or prostate cancer.
After some time, prostatitis causes erection problems.This is due to the involvement in the inflammatory process of the nerves responsible for erectile function that pass through the prostate.
Diagnosis and treatment
Therefore, if you have at least one of the listed symptoms, do not hesitate, do not start the disease - see a urologist or andrologist.The doctor will ask you to have an initial exam, which includes tests for sexually transmitted infections and an ultrasound of the pelvic organs and prostate, and will perform a digital rectal exam of the prostate.There is no need to be afraid of him: an experienced doctor will not harm you.This study is extremely informative.It allows you to clarify the diagnosis and severity of the disease.By feeling the gland (through the anus), the doctor not only finds out what happened to it, but also obtains a sample of its secretion.Before starting treatment, a bacteriological culture of prostate secretion will be carried out in the laboratory to determine the sensitivity of its microflora to various antibacterial drugs.Without this, the treatment will not be effective and may lead not to the elimination of the disease, but to its transition to a new, more serious form.
Drug therapy for prostatitis is complemented by prostate massage, which reduces congestion, improves blood flow and the evacuation of glandular secretions.Unfortunately, modern medicine still cannot solve the problem of a final cure for prostatitis.The doctor can take the disease to the remission stage (without symptoms) for two to three years.After which the treatment will have to be repeated.
Prevention
It is always much easier to prevent a disease than to cure it.Therefore, try to follow simple preventive measures that can protect you from all the “delights” of prostatitis.Refuse the fashion that forces you to constantly wear tight, tight swimming trunks.Loose cotton panties are much more hygienic and do not interfere with normal blood flow to the prostate.
Also, avoid hypothermia, move more, and if it is not possible to have regular sexual intercourse, masturbate - according to doctors, this is at the same time cleansing, self-massage and prevention of prostatitis.