Inflammatory processes in the prostate (prostate) are usually called prostatitis. The prostate is an exclusively male organ located in the pelvic region below the bladder. It performs several functions: the secret of the prostate is part of the sperm, at the time of sexual arousal the gland acts as a sphincter - it blocks the entrance to the bladder.
Prostatitis: the urgency of the problem
According to American researchers, prostatitis is detected in about 25% of patients with urological problems. And in general, around 9% of the male population around the world suffers from this disease.
In one country, this pathology affects about 35% of young men, and in 7-30% prostatitis has complicated forms and ranks first among all diseases of the male reproductive system. This is most likely due to the mentality of our population - only a small percentage of men see a qualified doctor in time. Most often, the signs of prostatitis are ignored until the situation becomes really serious.
Although the disease does not pose a serious threat to life, it can complicate a man's life, lead him to severe depression, deprive him of simple pleasures, and to an extreme degree, make him sterile.
Acute and chronic prostatitis
<1_img_centerxx>According to the classification adopted in 1995 in the United States, prostatitis is divided into the following forms:
- Acute bacterial prostatitis;
- chronic bacterial prostatitis;
- Chronic abacterial 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, which is not associated with infectious agents, deserves special attention, because it is it which occurs 8 times more often than bacterial prostatitis, has an unknown origin and is the subject of much controversy over the methods of treatment.
Thus, chronic prostatitis, not associated with infections, has an unclear etiology. A number of factors have been identified that contribute to the slow development of inflammation in the prostate.
- Sedentary lifestyle (truck drivers, office workers);
- Disorders of intimate life: intercourse too infrequent or too frequent, intercourse interrupted, sexual perversion;
- Constipation;
- Hypothermia and frequent infectious diseases;
- Sexual infections and the presence of other urological diseases in history;
- Impaired immunity and severe chronic disease.
Signs of prostatitis: such conflicting opinions of urologists
As a rule, acute prostatitis is accompanied by general toxic symptoms: fever, loss of strength, decreased mood, weakness, etc. A man complains of pain in the lower abdomen or back, scrotum or groin. Pain is also manifested during urination, defecation, after intercourse. A man can detect the discharge of gray or gray-green fluid from the urethra, there is blood in the semen.
If the opinions of urologists coincide with acute prostatitis, disputes arise with the clinical manifestations of chronic prostatitis.
Most experts consider the main symptom of chronic prostatitis to be erectile dysfunction. We hear about it on TV screens advertising anti-prostatitis drugs. Many men associate their failures in bed with prostatitis, independently prescribing treatment with the advertised drugs.
The oncourologist and researcher at the Institute of Urology believes that this is a far-fetched misrepresentation of the male half in order to promote drugs. In his opinion, chronic prostatitis does not cause erectile dysfunction, and episodes of male impotence are just psycho-emotional blockages and self-hypnosis. The treatment of erectile dysfunction in this case is reduced to a conversation with a psychotherapist.
The doctor notes that recently prostatitis has become a commercial disease on which careless doctors make money. The applicant is diagnosed with a non-existent disease, many diagnostic procedures and expensive treatments are prescribed, and then the patient himself inspires the symptoms, waits for the manifestations and is not long in coming.
The indisputable signs of prostatitis are pelvic pain, pain when urinating and after ejaculation. An enlarged and inflamed gland can compress nearby organs, which can lead to constipation and difficulty urinating. The pain after ejaculation is due to the contraction of the ducts, after the release of the sperm, and the contraction of the inflamed gland continues with pain.
The quality of the sex life is violated: the man notices that he is less interested in the sex life, and the pleasure has "disappeared", there is no feeling of satisfaction of intimacy. Another reason to refuse intimacy is painful ejaculations.
The development of infertility with chronic inflammation of the prostate is associated with changes in the spermogram, which are inevitable, because the chemical composition of the secretion of the prostate changes. The number of sperm decreases, pathological forms or dead sperm appear.
How to preserve men's health?
A man's health is in the hands of a competent urologist! As soon as signs of prostatitis are detected, it is necessary to consult a doctor. The treatment is long and complex. Depending on the etiology, it may include antibiotic therapy, anti-inflammatory and decongestant drugs, peptide regulators, pain relievers, prostate massage, and physiotherapy treatments.
It is believed that married men are less likely to have prostatitis. Regular sex life with a partner does not give a chance for the development of stagnant and inflammatory processes in the gland. Therefore, marriage and loyalty to a spouse, however trivial it may seem, is a preventive measure against prostatitis.