Prostate inflammation (prostatitis) is a common disease that occurs in more than 80% of men after 30 years.The lack of pronounced symptoms and the unwillingness to see a doctor leads to dangerous complications and the formation of chronic form.Regular preventive examinations allow you to identify the disease in the initial stage.Clinics IMMA create all conditions for convenient testing and treatment of prostatitis.Competent experts will help even in the most difficult cases.
The characteristics of the structure and location of the prostate gland determine its exposure to infections and inflammatory processes.The indisibility of the signs and symptoms of prostatitis leads to imperceptible progression, complications, the spread of the affected area in the nearby organs.Often, men try not to notice the manifestation of the disease, they do not want to seek medical attention.This behavior contributes to the development of pathogenic processes.The percentage of self -medication in this case is extremely low.
For the prostate gland
The prostate is one of the most important organs of a person who largely determines the quality of life.
It is a lonely gland located at the bottom of the bladder.It consists of two shares associated with the bunny.The main features of the prostate:
- The production of fluid that dilutes sperm contributes to the creation of favorable conditions for the activity of sperm;
- Controls urination.The prostate adjacent to the urethra and performs the functions of the sphincter;
- Protects the bladder from an ascending infection.
Any gland disorders will cause problems in the genital area, the urination processes.This leads to a sharp decrease in quality of life.Timely treatment of prostatitis in men will avoid many complications, maintain sexual activity for many years.
Symptoms of the disease.What should I look for?
Prostatitis in men can occur in two forms: acute and chronic.
Acute prostatitis is characterized by the following clinical picture:
- intoxication of the body, accompanied by an increase in temperature above 38 degrees, general weakness, nausea;
- severe pain in the inguinal region, giving in the lower back;
- Difficulties in urinating and bowel movements.
The patient's condition in this case requires emergency hospitalization and stationary treatment.In most cases, the disease is completely cured.
Symptoms of chronic or stagnant prostatitis are divided into groups:
- pain;
- disorders of sexual activity;
- Problems in the urination process.
The manifestation of pain in the initial stage of the development of the disease is erased, can occur unpredictable and disappear.Localized at the lower abdomen, spreading to the lumbar and genitals.The intensity may be low, so the patient may not pay attention to the problem.
Important!Lower abdominal pain can be a sign not only of prostatitis, but also other urinary diseases, sexual systems and intestines.
The problems that have arisen are one of the main symptoms of stagnant prostatitis.Their manifestations are reduced to the following:
- reducing sexual attraction;
- "Deleted" orgasm, lack of bright sensations;
- reduced erection or its absence;
- pain during ejaculation or ejaculation;
- Increased unreasonable night erection.
The worsening of problems is facilitated by the psychological state.One begins to avoid sexual contacts, there is a feeling of anxiety, fear, insecurity.Negative emotional origin increases the signs of sexual dysfunction.
Particularly unpleasant are disorders in the functioning of the urinary system.In the initial stages there is a slight slowdown of urine when urinating, then the symptoms intensify, pain and carving, a feeling of completeness of the bladder, frequent calls appear.Such manifestations are explained by the fact that the enlarged prostate begins to put pressure on the bladder and urethra.
The peculiarity of the manifestation of these characteristics should be taken into account: Increasing the symptoms can stop.For some time the problem is not felt by the patient.This phenomenon is explained by the compensatory reaction of the bladder muscles.After a brief interruption, the manifestations of the return of the disease are more often intensity.
The development of chronic prostatitis in men can occur imperceptibly for several months.Later identification threatens complications, requires the participation of not only medicines but also the methods of surgical treatment.
Important!Prostatitis stagnation often goes asymptomatic.In order to identify the disease in the early stages, when it is easier to treat, it is necessary to regularly undergo preventive examinations.
The nature of the disease.Risk factors
Symptoms and treatment of prostatitis depend on the true nature of the disease.There are two main causes: infectious lesion and the appearance of the inflammatory process.
The proximity of the prostate gland to the bladder and the urinary canal, the intestine leads to the penetration of the causes of the infection into the tissue of the gland.A healthy body with strong immunity is able to successfully withstand infection.The prostate becomes a protective barrier for ascending infections capable of impressing the urinary system.As a result of an unhealthy lifestyle and stagnant pelvic processes, this function is weakened.
Pathogenic organisms fall into the prostate on the growing pathway from the penis, descending from the bladder, through the blood and lymph.The main sources of infection:
- The most dangerous infections are interchangeable.They usually continue asymptomatic and cause great damage to the body;
- cystitis;
- colitis;
- systemic infections;
- ARZ complications, for example, complications for bronchitis.
The main causes of prostatitis are related to the wrong lifestyle.Heredity and innate predisposition are rare.
The characteristics of the structure of the vascular system lead to stagnant phenomena in the pelvis, the blood begins to circulate poorly, the tissues do not receive the required amount of oxygen as a result of their resistance to disease, it decreases.In addition, the secret of the prostate itself can accumulate, which causes inflammatory processes.
Prostatitis stagnation occurs for the following reasons:
- congenital characteristics related to the structure of blood vessels, insufficient tone, weak venous valves;
- Injuries, including damage to the spine and spinal cord;
- Hypodinamia;
- Spinal diseases;
- varicose veins, hemorrhoids;
- bad habits;
- hormonal disorders;
- excess body weight;
- Disruption of salt balance.
Hormonal disorders cause changes in the prostate gland: the excess of testosterone provokes its increase and the deficiency - impaired function.
Bad habits cause damage to the vascular system.Alcohol causes narrowing of small vessels, and nicotine causes the vessels to dry.Poor blood flow contributes to the development of pathological phenomena in the organs, the weakening of their protective functions.
Hypodynamia or sedentary lifestyle, sitting or standing work leads to stagnation of fluid in the pelvis, the veins experience increased loading, as a result of this develop varicose veins, the protective functions of the body decrease, and various diseases, including inflammation of the prostate gland, begin to develop.
With frequent diarrhea, colitis, insufficient fluid consumption, deficiency in the body of potassium, there is a violation of the balance of water salt, which adversely affects the state of the prostate gland.
The causes of infectious prostatitis are free sexual behavior, frequent change of partner, weak immunity, complications of common infections, hypothermia.
Statistics show the rejuvenation of the disease: signs of prostatitis are recorded in young men and adolescents.This is facilitated by wearing close clothes and linen, frequent hypothermia.
Diagnostic measures
When examined, the doctor suspected prostatitis interviews the patient and conducts a rectal prostate examination.The procedure does not take much time and is painless.The patient lies on the side, the doctor introduces the index finger into the rectum.The closed prostate and intestine location allows you to evaluate its condition.Increasing the gland, signs of prostatitis when pressed.
To confirm the diagnosis, blood and urine tests are performed, including the presence of bacterial infection, ultrasound of the pelvic organs;Study of prostate secretions, analysis of hormonal origin.
The main methods of treatment
The main method of treating prostatitis is drug therapy.Depending on the identified cause, antibiotics are prescribed to combat pathogens of infection or anti -inflammatory drugs.
They complement the basic treatment regimen with vitamin complexes, drugs that enhance blood vessels, hormonal drugs, if necessary, immunomodulators.The therapeutic effect is exerted by physiotherapy.
Sometimes a prostate massage course is prescribed, which eliminates stagnation, helps to restore the active work of the organ and improves blood supply.Patients' examinations show the effectiveness of this type of treatment.The procedure takes no more than five minutes.Massage is most effective in treating chronic and stagnant prostatitis.
Important!Prostate massage has a number of contraindications.In acute prostatitis, purulent inflammation, malignant tumors, this type of treatment is contraindicated.
Surgical intervention is only possible in extreme cases and is usually performed in patients with elderly, since after cutting the affected part of the gland or when it is completely removed, a number of serious side effects may occur:
- infertility;
- sexual dysfunction;
- Urine incontinence;
- Hormonal disorders.
Timely treatment will allow you to quickly deal with the symptoms of prostatitis to avoid stressing life and healthy complications.
Preventive measures
One of the basic conditions for remission of stagnant prostatitis is a healthy lifestyle.Treatment of the drug will help to eliminate the symptoms, but if you do not eliminate the true causes, a relapse of the disease for a long time may be observed.In order to maintain health in order to avoid chronic illnesses, these recommendations must follow:
- Lead a regular sex life with one partner;
- Proper nutrition, fat rejection, salty, fried;
- moderate physical activity;
- adherence to the day regime, healthy sleep;
- Refusing bad habits.As familiar as they may sound, alcohol and nicotine are extremely destructive to the body as a whole.
- Avoid shaking, with a long stay behind the wheel, take breaks, warm.
What can be done?
In order to avoid the development of the chronic form of the disease and possible complications, it is necessary to undergo a preventive examination of the urologist twice a year.It is important to be responsible for choosing clinics and doctor.The asymptomatic course of the disease requires a careful examination to conduct a set of tests.
A regular visit to the doctor will not take long, but will help maintain the health of men for many years.