The symptoms of prostatitis are similar with the signs of dangerous diseases. Familiarize yourself with them and don't wait for a visit to the doctor.
Prostatitis – an inflammatory disease of the prostate, or prostate cancer, purely from the male organ, located below the bladder.
This gland is often called the "second heart", because it is responsible for many important functions in the male body.
Prostatitis is one of the most common diseases. In the UNITED states, for example, the number of cases of prostatitis is eight percent of all urological diseases.
Why is the prostate?
Prostate gland performs the following functions:
- product liquid to form the liquid part of the semen,
- converts testosterone to its active form – dihydrotestosterone,
- with the muscles of the bladder neck is the internal sphincter that controls urination,
- participates in the creation of the sensation of orgasm.
The first signs of prostatitis
The symptoms of prostatitis: frequent and unbearable urge to urinate, burning sensation and pain in urination, difficulty in urination, sensation of incomplete emptying of the bladder, pain in the pelvis, groin and lower back.
When does the prostatitis?
In some form of the prostate may occur almost half of the men after 30 years. But it can appear in young people of 18-20 years.
The factors triggering the development of prostatitis:
- chronic hypothermia,
- premature emptying of the bladder,
- infringement of a rhythm of sexual life (long periods of abstinence, the irregularity of the'),
- frequent change of sexual partners, unprotected intercourse,
- a sedentary lifestyle, which cause the violation of the circulation of blood and lymph in the pelvic organs,
- diseases of the genito-urinary system,
- infectious diseases
- smoking and alcohol,
- injuries,
- hormonal disorders,
- disorders of immunity.
Types of prostatitis
Prostatitis acute bacterial called the defeat of the prostate tissue pathogens escherichia coli, pseudomonas aeruginosa, proteus, klebsiella, staphylococcus aureus.
Many of these bacteria, the representatives of the microflora in healthy human body, which lives on the skin and in the intestine.
In penetrating the tissues of the prostate, but they are able to trigger an inflammatory process. Often, the bacteria enter the prostate from the bladder or the urethra.
Symptoms:
- fever and chills,
- the pain in the area of the prostate, in the groin and lower back,
- the increase in the frequency of recommending to urinate, difficulty and pain during urination, sensation of incomplete evacuation of the bladder, blood in the urine,
- painful ejaculation,
- decreased libido and erection quality due to express, the pain syndrome and intoxication.
If you find at least one of these symptoms, see a doctor immediately. Prostatitis acute requires urgent diagnosis and treatment.
Chronic prostatitis bacterial is sometimes the consequence of acute.
Its appearance can also be caused by injury to the urinary tract, catheterization of the bladder or an infection of other organs.
Symptoms:
- a frequent need to urinate
- the pain and burning sensation during urination,
- the pain in the pelvis, the perineum,
- night-time urination,
- difficulty urinating,
- the presence of blood in the semen
- painful ejaculation,
- small elevations in body temperature.
The symptoms of prostatitis chronic bacterial grow gradually, and often with periods of exacerbation alternating with calm. Delay recourse to a physician may not: this disease requires a treatment a qualified.
Chronic abakterialniy prostatit can cause of several factors:
- the rise of heavy objects with a filled bladder (may also occur in the urine in the prostate),
- a spasm of the pelvic muscles, which leads to an increase of the pressure in the prostate,
- anatomical violation of the genito-urinary system, for example, a narrowing of the urinary tract,
- continuous trauma to the prostate.
The symptoms are similar to symptoms of prostatitis, chronic bacterial. The differences are detected only during the laboratory tests on the identification of the infection.
Attention!
The symptoms of prostatitis are similar with the symptoms of these dangerous diseases such as cystitis, bladder cancer, benign tumors of the prostate.
In order to diagnose and effectively treat these diseases, the person experiences discomfort related to urination or the function of the sexual organs, must, as soon as possible consult a doctor.