Inflammatory processes in the prostate (prostate) are commonly referred to as prostatitis. The prostate is an exclusively male organ located in the pelvic region below the bladder. It performs a number of functions: the secret of the prostate is part of the sperm, during sexual arousal the gland acts as the sphincter - it blocks the entrance to the bladder.
Prostatitis: the urgency of the problem
U. S. researchers say prostatitis is detected in about 25% of patients with urological problems. And in general, 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 7-30% have complicated forms of prostatitis, and it is the number one disease in the male reproductive system. This is most likely due to the mentality of our population - only a small percentage of men seek timely and qualified medical help. More often, signs of prostatitis are ignored until the situation really becomes serious.
Although the disease does not pose a serious threat to life, it can complicate a person’s life, lead to major depression, deprive them of simple pleasures, and make them extremely sterile.
Acute and chronic prostatitis
According to the classification adopted in the United States in 1995, 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. These can be microbes, viruses, protozoa and even fungi. Treatment of acute prostatitis is based on the use of antibacterial drugs.
Chronic prostatitis unrelated to infectious pathogens deserves special attention, as it is eight times more common than bacterial prostatitis, is of unknown origin and causes much debate about methods of therapy.
Thus, chronic prostatitis, which is not associated with infections, has an unclear etiology. A number of factors have been identified that contribute to the slow development of inflammation of the prostate.
- Sitting lifestyle (truckers, office workers);
- Disorders of intimate life: too rare or too frequent intercourse, interrupted intercourse, sexual perversion;
- Constipation;
- Hypothermia and common infectious diseases;
- Presence of sexual infections and other urological diseases in history;
- Weakened immunity and severe chronic diseases.
Signs of Prostatitis: Such Contradictory Opinions by Urologists
Acute prostatitis is usually accompanied by general toxic symptoms: fever, loss of strength, decreased mood, weakness, and so on. A man complains of pain in his lower abdomen or back, scrotum or groin. The pain also manifests itself after urination, defecation, intercourse. A man may notice the release of gray or grayish-green fluid from the urethra, there is blood in the sperm.
If the opinion of urologists coincides with acute prostatitis, controversy arises with the clinical manifestations of chronic prostatitis.
Most experts consider the main symptom of chronic prostatitis to be an erectile dysfunction. We hear about this on TV screens advertising anti-prostatitis drugs. Many men associate failures in bed with prostatitis, prescribing the drug on their own with the drugs advertised.
A doctor of oncourology and a researcher at the Institute of Urology believe this is a misleading misrepresentation of the male party in order to promote drugs. In his view, chronic prostatitis does not cause erectile dysfunction, and episodes of male impotence are limited to psycho-emotional blocks and self-hypnosis. 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 for which careless doctors make money. The applicant is diagnosed with a disease that does not exist, plenty of diagnostic procedures and expensive treatment are prescribed, and then the patient alone inspires the symptoms, waits for the manifestations, and does not wait any longer.
The indisputable signs of prostatitis are pelvic pain, pain when urinating and after ejaculation. An enlarged, inflamed gland can compress nearby organs, leading to constipation and difficulty urinating. Post-ejaculation pain is caused by contraction of the ducts, release of sperm, and contraction in the inflamed gland is accompanied by pain.
The quality of sex life is compromised: the man notes that he is less interested in sex life, and the joy is "erased", the intimacy does not feel satisfaction. Painful ejaculation is another reason for rejection of intimacy.
The development of infertility associated with chronic inflammation of the prostate gland is accompanied by changes in the spermogram that are inevitable as the chemical composition of prostate secretion changes. Sperm count decreases, abnormal forms or dead sperm appear.
How to keep men's health?
A man's health is in the hands of a competent urologist! A doctor should be consulted as soon as signs of prostatitis are found. The treatment is long and complex. Depending on the etiology, it may include antibiotic therapy, anti-inflammatory and decongestants, peptide regulators, analgesics, prostate massages, and physiotherapy treatments.
It is believed that married men are less likely to get prostatitis. Having regular sex with a partner does not give you a chance to develop stagnant and inflammatory processes in the gland. Therefore, marriage and fidelity to a spouse, however small it may sound, is a preventative measure for prostatitis.