Prostatitis is inflammation of the prostate gland.
The prostate is also a prostate, only in men. A small organ performs several functions: partially responsible for ejaculation, partially for urination, partially for protection against infections. Therefore, when the prostate becomes ill, the case is not limited to pain, for example. Problems begin throughout the genitourinary system.
Prostatitis is, contrary to common opinion, not an age -related disease.
An increase in prostate and its cancer, in fact, is more common in elderly men, and prostatitis may be sick at any age.
How this happens
Like most inflammatory diseases, prostatitis is acute and chronic.
- Sharp - This is what started suddenly and then passed or turned into a chronic. As a rule, the infection in this event development is to blame.
- Chronic - the one who manifests itself by unpleasant symptoms and then calms down. This condition can last years. Unfortunately, it is the second option that is widespread and its causes are not only infectious.
What are the symptoms of prostatitis
Signs of prostatitis are slightly different, depending on the type of disease. Patients will help little with these details, but the doctor needs a diagnosis to make a diagnosis. Therefore, be sure to say at the reception: when symptoms appear, when they decrease, which, in their opinion, served as the cause of the disease.
So the main symptoms of prostatitis:
- Pain. The prostate is located below the bladder, between the paths where the urine passes and the rectum. Therefore, due to inflammation, it can damage in various places at once: on the penis, around it, the scrotum, around the anus or even in the lower abdomen or in the back. The pain may appear during ejaculation or after sex.
- Difficulties with urination. Pain and burning appear, you need to run with the bathroom often, wake up at night. It can be difficult to start and finish the process, it may even look like blood in the urine.
- Urethra discharges. A thick liquid you didn't notice before.
- Problems with power.
If any of the symptoms last more than three months, this is already chronic prostatitis. And if, in acute prostatitis, all these signs are visible and cannot be lost, the chronic can only manifest with erectile dysfunction.
When to go to the doctor
As soon as you notice the listed symptoms of prostatitis. You will need to do tests and conduct research to diagnose and correctly prescribe treatment. Some exams are unpleasant, but certainly not worse than prostatitis.
You can't even post a visit to a doctor for a minute if you have Dysuria - the inability to go to the bathroom. This is a dangerous condition in which liquid continues to accumulate in the bladder. It is necessary to change urgently to the hospital or call an ambulance.
Where prostatitis comes from
If prostatitis is infectious, then its reason is the microorganisms that have entered the urethra and climbed to the prostate or managed to get there from other outbreaks of infection. Often, the infection clings after unprotected sex, so we should think of the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases.
In all other cases, it is impossible to say exactly why the prostate is inflamed. One can only assume some stagnant phenomena because of sedentary work and the lack of sports and the influence of bad habits.
If you have a prostate, you can get sick.
But there are risk factors that warn that health is in danger:
- Age 30 to 50 years.
- Any infections in the organs of the pelvis and abdominal cavity (in the intestine, for example).
- Acute prostatitis in the past.
- Any operations and interventions in the genitourinary system.
- Pelvic lesions.
How to treat prostatitis
It all depends on the reason why it appeared. If bacteria are the guilty, they are destroyed by antibiotics. Usually everything is limited to this. There are rarely complications that require surgery and surgical processing of the prostate.
If not in microbes, they try to reduce symptoms with painkillers and special products that relax smooth muscles and help solve urination problems. They use physical treatment, hot baths, physical education - everything that will work and will become easier.
How not to obtain prostatitis
Unfortunately, there are no one hundred percent of reliable prostatitis prevention measures, especially when it comes to a chronic disease that is not caused by infections. There is no reliable data that dietary supplements, a folkloric medicine or innovative methodology protect it. Everything we cannot support ourselves in annoying foods, drink enough water to provide normal urination and protect against infections:
- Follow the hygiene.
- Use condoms to avoid the IPP.
- Treat any infectious diseases, especially the urinary tract.
- When unpleasant symptoms appear, immediately visit a doctor to start treatment as soon as possible and not start the disease.