Prostatitis affects the gland of the prostate — glandular-muscular organ located in the pelvic area of the male part of the population.
According to statistics prostatitis suffer approximately 50% of men over the age of 50 years.
The prostate is responsible for producing a special secretion, which, uniting with the sperm, helps to maintain the activity and viability of sperm.
If prostatitis is diagnosed in the gland of the prostate the inflammatory process caused by being hit in the infectious antigen. Inflammation of the prostate and disrupts the whole system urogenital of men and is characterized by some specific symptoms. To avoid complications, you need time to heal prostatitis with medication and also some folk remedies at home.
Causes of prostatitis
The cause of prostatitis infection. As a general rule, the inflammation can cause different kinds of bacteria: Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella, Enterobacter. All these microorganisms are present in the microflora of a healthy person, but any decrease of the immunity, their number is pathologically increased and leads to inflammatory processes. Precipitating factor can also be a sedentary lifestyle, bad habits, irregular sexual life.
Also to the emergence of prostatitis can cause any urinary or venereal infection. We are talking about trichomoniasis, chlamydia, gonorrhea, and other diseases. A similar phenomenon happens for the reason that the prostate is closely associated with the activities of other organs of the system, urogenital of the male body.
Thus, the causative agent of the inflammatory process easily penetrates the body through the urethra, the rectum, the lymphatic system or the circulatory system of small pelvis. Prostatitis is a serious disease, the symptoms and the treatment of which need not be classified.
Varieties of the disease
In modern medicine it is accepted to distinguish four major categories of prostatitis in men:
- sharp;
- chronic bacterial;
- prostatitis chronic;
- symptomatic chronic
Prostatitis acute is not common. Occurs due to the infection with bacterial infection, and it is taken very seriously. The patients complain of acute pain, fever and fatigue. During the inspection of the iron man is very painful, increase in size. The acute phase is full of serious complications, so the patient requires a rapid and skilled medical care.
Chronic bacterial prostatitis in most cases is called Escherichia coli. Among its reasons for the decrease of the immunity, the presence in the body of the source of infection, surgery in the pelvic area. He proceeds slower than prostatitis acute, which do not have similar symptoms.
Prostatitis chronic, often called chronic pelvic pain syndrome. A feature of this type is long-term pain for over three months. The tests show the absence of pathogens. Asymptomatic type of disease occurs practically without any kind of signs and symptoms. Usually a person reveals the disease during a regular checkup or when, taking into histological examination of the tissue sample of the prostate.
The symptoms of prostatitis: the first signs
Timely diagnosis allows us to detect the first symptoms of prostatitis, and greatly accelerates the healing process and helps to quickly get back to a healthy and successful life.
Therefore, it is necessary to listen to your body and respond to any kind of pain and discomfort.
Usually, the first alarm bell for prostatitis are urinary problems. This is due to the swelling body increases in size and begins to press on the urethra.
A man can feel so much pain and pain when urinating, and difficulty urinating. The frequency of visits to toilets increasing. These symptoms can join to feel a burning sensation in the perineum, discomfort during defecation. In addition to problems with urination, a characteristic feature of the prostate is a sexual disorder that manifests itself through various signs.
The man that can disturb the erectile dysfunction during the sexual act, but it is common to observe the long night of the erection. In addition, these patients are usually premature ejaculation, and pleasure during orgasm is much reduced.
Another common symptom of prostatitis is pain, but half of the patients, it is not. Pain the pain can be constant, usually this type of pain is localized in the pelvic zone. Also the sensation of pain, sometimes during urination, ejaculation during erection. Any pain of this sort — a sign that you should immediately see a specialist.
Diagnosis
Diagnosis of prostatitis includes a series of activities that help one hundred percent to confirm or deny this diagnosis, which in turn can help to cure the prostatitis quickly.
To start the inspection of the specialist. As a general rule, it is urologist. Data collection about the patient and carefully listen to all their complaints, the doctor gives you a path for future research. First, an ultrasound examination of the prostate.
Usually do traditionally, abdominal ultrasound, but in some cases, transrectal examination, when a sensor is introduced into the rectum or the urethra.
Due to suspicion of inflammation of the gland of the prostate be sure to carry out a series of laboratory studies. This list includes common and biochemical blood analysis, common urine test, urine in three parts.
It also makes the prostate secretion to detect bacteria and the elevation of the white cells of the blood, tested the quality of the sperm. If necessary, the doctor may prescribe other additional analyses and research.
Treatment of prostatitis
If you are diagnosed with prostatitis, the treatment is usually quite long-term exercise that requires the use not only medication, but also other methods.
The choice of a drug for the treatment of prostatitis depends on what type of the disease diagnosed in humans. Thus, in the prostatitis acute required to prescribe broad-spectrum antibiotics. Similar appointments will be for those who have prostatitis are caused by bacteria different kinds of. Duration of the antibiotic therapy, that will be different in each case, but it is always done under strict supervision of a doctor.
Almost any variety of inflammation of the gland of the prostate in the quality of drug therapy is recommended anti-inflammatory drugs, spasmolytic and absorbable media. For the treatment of non-bacterial forms in recent years, often use the so-called medicines alpha blockers. Contribute to a better flow of urine, relax the muscles of the pelvic organs, improve the circulation of the blood.
In the case of the prostate another effective treatment is the prostate massage. Some doctors advise to use this method, only with chronic non-bacterial prostatitis, believing that otherwise, can facilitate the dissemination of the infection in the human body. Others believe that massage, on the contrary, helps to a better absorption into the bloodstream of drugs antibacterial. Contraindication absolute for this method are prostatitis-acute. Prostate massage is carried out in a special way in the field hospital. Improvement of the output of the secretion of the prostate, has beneficial effects on the blood flow in your body, your muscle tone.
How to treat prostatitis? A good result in the treatment of the inflammation of the gland of the prostate is the use of various physiotherapeutic procedures. In this case we are talking about ultra - and electro procedure, magnetic and laser therapy, etc. The surgical intervention when the disease is nowadays extremely rare.
What happens if not treated?
Leave aside the treatment of prostatitis can lead to man serious problems. Most often the complications of the spread of the infection. Therefore, the inflammation of the seminal vesicles — when the inflammation affects the seed tuber. In addition, we can develop various diseases of the prostate.
In prostatitis acute, a high probability of abscess formation, then, in most cases the prostate is a scar. Also often diagnose stones and cysts of the gland of the prostate, which are a complication of the disease.
Long prostatitis affect the sexual life of men, because it can cause many dysfunctions. Most often we are talking about erectile dysfunction or premature ejaculation. All of this leads to a decrease of the libido and as a consequence psychological problems. In the most severe cases, the disease can also lead to infertility.
Prevention of prostatitis
Prevention is, in the first place, to regularly monitor their health and promptly identify problems. As the disease often appears as a result of untreated infections of the genitourinary system, therefore, first of all, we need to pay attention to this aspect. When any symptoms should see a doctor-urologist.
What to protect themselves from the infection are also advised to use contraceptive methods, to restrict their sexually active relationships with a partner.
Prevention of prostatitis is very important is the correct mode of life. It has long been observed that most often the illness is worried for those who have the greater part of their time in a sitting position. Therefore, office workers and drivers of the first are at risk. Doctors often recommend walking to load the body for the exercise. But the sudden changes of temperature or for a long period of overheating and overcooling, are not desirable.
In addition, you should pay attention to your diet. It should be as diverse as possible. It is impossible to prevent constipation, as in this case, the compression of the prostate and in the body may worsen the blood flow.