Chronic inflammation of the prostate gland affects about 30% of men aged 20 to 50 years.This is one of the most common urological diseases in men.
Due to inflammation, prostatitis is divided into two groups.The first group includes infectious prostatitis, which can be caused by bacteria, viruses or various fungal diseases.
The second group includes the so-called congestive prostatitis, which is caused by stagnation of fluids (secretion) of the prostate gland and blood in the veins of this organ.The development of these symptoms is observed, for example, with irregular sexual activity.Venous occlusion can occur during prolonged work sitting in a sitting position (for example, drivers of vehicles, mental workers), when wearing tight underwear, as well as alcohol abuse.
Factors in the development of prostatitis
In addition, predisposing factors for the development of prostatitis are: a decrease in the body's defenses, hormonal disorders, untreated foci of infection, from which microbes penetrate the prostate gland and contribute to the development of inflammation.
The risk of prostatitis as a result of decreased immunity is higher in people who are often sick, against the background of nervous overload, chronic stress, smoking and alcohol.All these factors either facilitate the penetration of the infection into the prostate gland, or lead to a deterioration of the blood supply to the pelvic organs, stagnant processes, which contributes to the spread of microorganisms and the development of the inflammatory process.
What happens?
Most often, prostatitis develops in a chronic form, over several years, without causing much discomfort.In this case, mild pain and discomfort may appear in the perineum, radiating to the sacrum, genitals or rectum.Periodically, frequent, painful and sometimes difficult urination and light discharge from the urethra are observed.
Unfortunately, most men at this stage do not pay attention to such 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.
In addition, complications of prostatitis are vesiculitis - inflammation of the seminal vesicles and orchiepididymitis - inflammation of the testicles and their appendages, and this can eventually lead to male infertility.In addition, inflammatory processes in the prostate gland can subsequently cause the development of prostate adenoma or prostate cancer.
After some time, prostatitis causes problems with erection.This is due to the involvement in the inflammatory process of the nerves responsible for erectile function that pass through the prostate gland.
Diagnosis and treatment
So, if you have at least one of the listed symptoms, do not hesitate, do not start the disease - go to a urologist or an andrologist.The doctor will ask you to undergo an initial examination, which includes tests for sexually transmitted infections and an ultrasound of the pelvic organs and the prostate gland, and will perform a digital rectal examination of the prostate.There is no need to be afraid of him: an experienced doctor will not hurt you.This study is extremely informative.This 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 takes a sample of its secretion.Before starting treatment, a bacteriological culture of prostate secretion will be performed in the laboratory to determine the sensitivity of your microflora to various antibacterial drugs.Without this, the treatment will not be effective and may lead not to the removal of the disease, but to its transition to a new, more severe form.
Drug therapy for prostatitis is complemented by prostate massage, which reduces congestion, improves blood flow and evacuation of glandular secretions.Unfortunately, modern medicine still cannot solve the problem of a definitive cure for prostatitis.The doctor is able to take the disease to the stage of remission (without symptoms) for two to three years.After which the treatment will have to be repeated.
Preventing
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 "pleasures" of prostatitis.Refuse from the fashion that forces you to constantly wear tight and tight swimming trunks.Loose cotton panties are much more hygienic and do not interfere with normal blood circulation in the prostate.
In addition, avoid hypothermia, move more and, if it is not possible to have regular sexual intercourse, masturbate - according to doctors, this is also cleaning, self-massage and prevention of prostatitis.