Prostatitis — urogenital disease pertaining to androgenic (present only in men). According to the statistics, the symptoms of this disease were observed in half of the representatives of the stronger sex. Most of them — men over the age of 50 years. But prostatitis frequently and at a young age, on the background of other diseases or as a self pathology.
The disease is not contagious and not sexually transmitted (it is not common in women). But the same sex life often becomes the causing factor.
What is prostatitis
What is prostatitis they know that about 40% of men of the entire population of the globe. This disease of the prostate, which occurs due to attack of inflammatory agents. Because of their impact on the evolution of unfavorable microflora, which if not treated, causes complications.
Prostatitis in men usually begins marked with a manifestation of the typical clinical manifestations. But the danger of the disease consists in the fact that it can flow and be hidden, is gradually transforming into the chronic phase.
The more exposed to the inflammation of the prostate men between the ages of 30-50 years old, the inactive lifestyle and bad habits. But lately the disease has started to “rejuvenate” and meet the boys at the age of 20-25 years.
Signs of prostatitis
The symptoms of prostatitis in men and rarely occur in the initial phase. The primary signs are weak, often neglected. This becomes a reason of transition of the disease in the form of purulent or chronic.
Knowing the early signs of prostatitis in men, can prevent complications such as impotence and cancer. What are the symptoms you need to pay attention:
- frequent, painful urination;
- the deterioration of potency, premature ejaculation, lack of ejaculation, decreased libido;
- the pain during defecation;
- abdominal pain, of the sacred and of the inguinal area;
- weakness, drowsiness, general malaise;
- sweating;
- the increase in body temperature, signs of intoxication: headache, fever, etc.
The main symptom of prostatitis in men is the pain. It can be expressed, or weak, to give in the lumbar spine and the groin. Often the sufferer can not determine the source of the pain, because it radiates in other organs.
Dysuria disorders you will encounter when doing acute and chronic male form of prostatitis. Manifest are frequent urination, a sense of incomplete emptying of the bladder. The stimuli also worried about of the night, forcing wake up several times. With this in the bathroom leaves a small amount of urine, and the process is accompanied by painful feelings.
Disorders of the sexual function have a tendency to the accumulation. One of the major signs of prostatitis in men, it applies the reduction erection. With the development of the disease, quality of sexual life worsens, sex ceases to be a pleasure. Observes the deterioration of reproductive function. The inflammatory disease of the prostate gland in men can cause infertility.
Causes and triggers
Reasons for the development of prostatitis differ and relate, mainly, to the non-compliance of the rules of contraception and a healthy lifestyle. Even if the disease often occurs on the background of infectious processes in the urogenital system.
For reasons of prostatitis refers to:
- sexually transmitted diseases sexually transmitted diseases;
- hypothermia;
- inactive lifestyle (sedentary work);
- the blood stagnation in the prostate gland and its surrounding tissues;
- chronic constipation;
- reduction of immunity;
- protection by interruption of the sexual intercourse;
- injury of the perineum;
- wear tight underwear;
- the abuse of alcohol, the smoke.
Diseases that cause the syndrome of prostatitis:
- urethritis;
- hemorrhoids;
- outbreaks of bacterial infection;
- diseases of the colon and rectum;
- chlamydia, gonorrhea and other sexually transmitted diseases.
Prostatitis is often the consequence of an unhealthy lifestyle. The causing factors include:
- an unbalanced diet, the predominance in the diet foods that increase the workload on the body (fried foods, fatty meats, fast food, etc.);
- frequent stress, and the decision of alcohol and drugs;
- structure. Reduces the body's defenses;
- sleep deprivation;
- low physical activity and, conversely, overtraining.
To alert the inflammation of the prostate, you need to lead a healthy lifestyle, in a timely manner to treat diseases and to use contraception of barrier.
The types and forms of prostatitis
Manifestations of prostatitis depend on the type and form of the disease. This parameter also allows you to define the method of treatment.
The acute form
This is the beginning of prostatitis, has expressed the clinical symptoms. The cause of development, become the micro-organisms that can live in the body constantly and not take damage. But when the immunity are activated and begin to multiply, affecting the genitourinary system.
The acute form is different rapid development. First of all, it increases the body's temperature, then to this base, combining the pain and discomfort.
Chronic form
The symptoms in case of chronic prostatitis, men have a slight or not can be missing. Main feature is the difficulty to urinate, accompanied by pain in the groin area.
But the lack of events says nothing about the fact that the disease can pass it alone, and not dangerous to your health. Exactly the chronic form becomes the cause of an adenoma of the prostate and other diseases of the genitourinary system.
A feature of this shape is that when the immunity, the disease returns in the acute phase. And every relapse is always more marked and painful.
Unit of chronic prostatitis occurs in the following types:
- Bacterial. The cause are bacteria That are activated when the immunity. To this type belong inflammation of the prostate caused by sexually transmitted diseases. The first symptom of bacterial prostatitis becomes pain and a burning sensation during sexual intercourse and urination.
- Calculous. The cause is a heap of stones. This kind of rare and for the most part elderly men. The typical feeling of when calculous prostatitis becomes a pain in the butt and crotch when you walk.
- Stagnant. This non-infectious inflammatory form caused by a stagnation of blood in the pelvis. Predisposing factors is sedentary. Also the insufficient number of sexual contacts, or total lack of sex. It manifests itself with symptoms such as pain during urination or in the groin area.
- Infectious. This type of functionality is similar to the bacterial species. The cause of infectious diseases, become forms of fungi and micro-organisms single-celled, which migrate to other organs of the genitourinary system. Causing a factor becomes decreased immunity.
- Purulent. A severe form of the disease, which has the infectious nature of appearance. The signs of prostatitis in men, the increase of body temperature up to 39 degrees and more, the symptoms of intoxication and purulent discharge from the urethra.
The first is characterized by prostatitis is almost impossible to determine the form and type of disease. Is necessary the diagnosis and the in-depth research of the state of the prostate.
The danger of prostatitis
In the absence of prompt, appropriate treatment of inflammation of the prostate gland in men, there is the risk of complications. These include:
- The urethritis. This inflammation in the urinary channel, which occurs due to infections of the prostate into nearby organs. But in and of itself, the urethritis is not dangerous, but it appears in the background renal failure is a serious threat to health and life.
- Vesiculitis. Is the inflammation of the seminal vesicles, which leads to erectile dysfunction, and infertility.
- Abscess. It is possible complication purulent form of prostatitis, which accumulates in the prostate gland pus. Abscess during the wrong treatment, and its absence leads to death.
- The Adenoma. The inflammation of the prostate causes erectile dysfunction and benign formulations. Tissue accumulation and is an adenoma of the prostate.
- Cancer. Adenoma and chronic prostatitis — the main causes of cancer. And because of absent clinical signs, to distinguish it from other diseases of the genitourinary system is very difficult.
- Infertility. The prostate is involved in the synthesis of sperm required for successful fertilization of the ovum. When inflammation of this organ is broken the natural process of procreation.
When the inflammation of the prostate gland in men, you experience the unpleasant symptoms, this leads to a psychological discomfort. The patient worsens the quality of sexual life, appear to be signs of inferiority. In this context, is the disorder in the family, isolation, depression. Then prostatitis and neurological disease are closely related to each other.
The treatment of prostatitis
The treatment begins with a diagnosis of prostatitis. For this you keep fingering, and ultrasound of the prostate, is assigned in common and biochemical analysis of blood, analysis of urine. The doctor is the clinical picture of the disease studied, as it manifests prostatitis in men. On the basis of studies assigned therapy.
A complete treatment that includes:
- intake of antibacterial drugs;
- massage of the prostate;
- physiotherapy;
- correction of the immune system;
- diet;
- folk remedies.
In some cases it is indicated the surgical treatment. The reasons for surgery are:
- the inflammatory process has touched several organs in the pelvis;
- complications of prostatitis, as benign or malignant neoplasms;
- ineffective conservative treatment;
- abscess of the prostate;
- urinary retention or difficulty urinating;
- bladder stones or kidney.
Prevention
On the way to cure the prostatitis, says the urologist. He himself gives indications for the correction of the life style to prevent inflammation and warnings of relapse. He refers to:
- The use of the funds of the contraceptive barrier when you change partners.
- The refusal from smoking and alcohol.
- Moderate physical exercise.
- Correct, a balanced diet that includes foods rich in vitamins and minerals.
- Measured sex life.
To prevent the disease is much easier than cure, and the consequences of the inflammatory process. And necessarily every man needs to know as it seems the symptoms for acute and chronic prostatitis. When they are detected the first symptoms should consult immediately the physician and do not self-medicate.