In the modern world, prostatitis occurs in almost 50% of the male population. The disease not only brings pain and discomfort, but can also lead to very unpleasant consequences, even infertility. Therefore, every man should know how prostatitis manifests itself. Men's health and ability to procreate largely depend on it.
Knowledge of the signs of prostatitis and periodic examinations by a doctor ensure timely detection and successful treatment of the disease.
disease etiology
Prostatitis is a urologic disease of inflammatory etiology. The disease can be caused by many factors.
The classification of prostatitis depends on what caused the prostate disease, how common the process is and what the character of the lesion is.
The following classification criteria are distinguished:
- The appearance factor is congestive and infectious. In the first case, the problem does not develop because of an infection, but because venous blood or secretion has stagnated in Organs pelvic organs. The second involves the introduction of pathogenic microorganisms into the prostate. There is also prostatitis of mixed origin.
- Damage area. With prostatitis, the gland can become inflamed in different ways. It can be a chronic or acute form of the disease, which, in turn, is divided into types of parenchymal, catarrhal and follicular inflammation. The lesion may be sclerotic in nature or manifest as an abscess. This category also includes atypical chronic prostatitis, with symptoms that do not correspond to the classic picture of the disease.
The symptoms of the disease also depend on the cause that caused it. The infectious form occurs due to the penetration of pathogenic microorganisms into the prostate through the genital tract or develops against the background of a chronic infection.
Non-infectious prostatitis can be triggered by a weakened immune system, hypothermia, a sedentary lifestyle, abstinence from sexual intercourse or, conversely, excessive sexual activity. Each case requires different treatment.
Prolonged absence of sexual intercourse causes stagnation of prostate secretion and the development of congestive prostatitis.
Depending on which form is diagnosed, the signs and symptoms of prostatitis can vary from one another. Self-treatment is strictly prohibited, as an ignorant person can confuse the manifestation of one disease with another, for example, inflammation of the prostate with spermatitis, vesiculitis, urethritis or benign hyperplasia. Improper treatment can lead to extremely sad consequences.
general symptoms
How does prostatitis manifest itself? If you do not take into account a specific type, the disease can manifest itself with the following characteristic symptoms:
- severe pain, which first localizes to the genitourinary tract and then spreads to the entire inguinal and abdominal region;
- pain is constantly present in the scrotum and perineum, especially during urination and erection;
- during an erection, the sexual organ cannot reach the size it had previously achieved;
- intercourse becomes shorter.
Symptoms can appear all together or separately. If we talk about pain, its intensity largely depends on the form and degree of the disease. Unfortunately, many patients in the early stages do not pay attention to such manifestations, because of which the disease progresses and can develop into chronic prostatitis, which is dangerous for the appearance of infertility.
If a man began to observe these symptoms in himself, the risk of prostatitis is high, and you should immediately seek qualified help.
Even minor manifestations of prostatitis should be the reason for a visit to the doctor.
Symptoms of acute bacterial prostatitis
Bacterial prostatitis is a form of the disease caused by an infection. It easily turns into chronic prostatitis, so you need to seek help right away.
Acute bacterial prostatitis is often a secondary manifestation that accompanies any disease of Organs pelvic organs and has symptoms similar to it.
Acute bacterial prostatitis can have the following symptoms:
- increase in body temperature;
- feeling of chills, which is accompanied by tremors in the muscles;
- pain in the prostate area;
- pollakiuria and stranguria;
- spread of pain to the lumbar region and the entire perineum;
- problems with urination.
If the patient passes the tests, the disease can be suspected in the following cases:
- increased number of leukocytes in the blood;
- bacterial cells are present in the prostate secretion;
- cloudy whitish urine with a pH above 7. 0.
In the analysis of urine with prostatitis, characteristic changes will be present.
These are the main signs of acute bacterial prostatitis. If you do not pay attention to them and do not start treatment, then the acute form will soon turn into a chronic one, the signs of which also need to be known to all men.
Symptoms of chronic bacterial prostatitis
Chronic prostatitis occurs as a result of neglect of treatment of the acute form of the disease and is characterized by periods of exacerbation and remission.
For a man, it could be the discovery that he once had acute prostatitis, was supposedly treated and recovered, but after a while the symptoms of the disease (albeit in a muffled version) returned. In this case, it is worth thinking about the chronic course of the disease.
The absence of pronounced symptoms is dangerous for the late accidental detection of chronic prostatitis in an already advanced form.
Chronic prostatitis has no clear manifestations, which often leads to serious complications.
However, in such a situation, there is something to pay attention to:
- burning and cutting (sometimes bordering on excruciating pain) during a trip to the bathroom and sexual arousal;
- a constant desire to urinate, at least once an hour, at the end of the process, there is no feeling of complete emptying;
- in the urinary canal there is a burning sensation during and after going to the bathroom;
- the jet has a weaker pressure than before - there may even be an interruption in the flow;
- at night you constantly want to go to the bathroom;
- after the end of sexual intercourse, an unpleasant burning sensation remains in the genitals;
- ejaculation occurs quickly enough;
- causeless insomnia and anxiety may be observed.
All these main symptoms of chronic prostatitis are easily confused with sexual disorders. The problem is, few men can admit this to themselves. Therefore, they begin to self-medicate, which will aim to restore sexual strength, which only leads to a complication of the situation.
The insidiousness of chronic bacterial prostatitis is that it requires constant monitoring, otherwise it can result in infertility, the diagnosis of which can only be made after the patient has undergone a comprehensive diagnosis.
A thorough examination to detect prostatitis necessarily includes an ultrasound examination.
The symptoms of the disease can manifest themselves in different ways, and this applies not only to chronic bacterial prostatitis, but also to acute ones.
It's all about the number of bacteria in the body and in each patient's individual body. As soon as the pathogenic organisms begin to activate and multiply, man will begin to exacerbate. If the patient, in addition, leads an unhealthy lifestyle (smokes, moves little, consumes alcohol and harmful products), it should not be surprising that the disease progresses all the time.
Nonbacterial prostatitis and forms of its manifestation
Abacterial prostatitis is also quite common. It would be helpful to know what symptoms it might be in this case. A feature of the pathology is the regular occurrence of pain, and not just during sexual intercourse or when going to the toilet.
Abacterial prostatitis is characterized by frequent nocturnal urge to go to the bathroom and by the predominance of urine excreted at night over the daytime volume.
In addition, the following manifestations are associated with non-infectious prostatitis:
- pain in the genitals;
- pain and discomfort in the groin area;
- nocturia and testicular pain;
- decreased amount of urine excreted;
- difficulty in starting the urination process;
- pain in the inguinal and perineal region gradually moves to the lower back;
- pain in the groin, coccyx and pubis;
- discomfort after defecation.
Psychological discomfort is added to physical suffering during illness.
Signs of the disease may be accompanied by psychological disturbances. The patient becomes irritable as he is constantly tormented by pain and discomfort.
If measures are not taken in time, a man may even fall into a state of depression and will have to seek help not only from a urologist, but also from a psychologist.
It should be noted that atypical prostatitis in its clinical picture can be similar to a number of other diseases, and asymptomatic disease of the prostate may not have pronounced manifestations. Therefore, it is so important to go to a qualified doctor who will prescribe a series of measurements and diagnostic tests - urine, blood, seminal fluid tests, ultrasound, if necessary, a biopsy, etc. Only after that the doctor makes the correct diagnosis and prescribes the appropriate treatment.
Most often, a biopsy is performed to exclude a malignant process.
Knowing the symptoms of prostatitis is important for every representative of the strong half of humanity in order to suggest what kind of disease bothers you, because the functionality of the entire genitourinary system depends on it. And the sooner a man asks for help, the sooner relief will come to him.