The first signs of prostatitis, how to recognize the disease and what to do

Prostatitis is a disease that can suddenly affect any man.

The urinary tract passes through the prostate, which contributes to the manifestation of one of the first signs of the disease - difficulty urinating.

Prostatitis - the beginning

The beginning of the disease is always connected with certain circumstances of our life.

There are several types of prostatitis:

• Spicy;
• Chronic;
• Infectious (bacterial);
• Non-infectious.

Nomenclature, in this case, is binary, for example, infectious prostatitis can be chronic and acute.

Each type of prostatitis will start differently and will be preceded by individual circumstances.Let's look at them.

Risk factors, circumstances of occurrence

1. STD.When a sexually transmitted infection is contracted from a sexual partner, a man has a high chance of developing an acute infectious prostate, which can then turn into a chronic one.Therefore, sexually transmitted diseases will be the first factor predisposing to prostatitis.
2. Sedentary lifestyle, sedentary work, apathy towards sports and morning exercises, obesity.It is the cause of non-infectious prostatitis, which may worsen or appear with vague symptoms.
3. Hypothermia - in this case, the genitourinary system is subjected to frequent cold attacks, due to which the bladder, seminal ducts, prostate and testicles can become inflamed.
4. Old age.When a man reaches the age of 40-45, irreversible changes in his prostate begin.It is associated with male menopause - a direct consequence of hormonal changes in the body.The prostate grows (hyperplasia), which is accompanied (or may be accompanied) by a whole range of symptoms of prostatitis.

Let's summarize once again - these factors increase tenfold the chances of developing prostatitis.

Then we will analyze the first signs of different types of prostatitis.

Attention, before you engage in self-diagnosis when the first signs are detected, or in a panic, look for the doctor's contacts - pay attention to the above risk factors.You may not have prostatitis.

Symptoms

Acute process

Let us clarify that the first signs of acute prostatitis are in most cases similar in all patients:

• Pain during urination, burning after;
• Increase in temperature;
• After heroically emptying the bladder, the patient feels that there is still urine in him;
• Complaints of pain in the groin and perineum.

The pain starts suddenly, and there are also problems with the toilet.This is due to the rapid increase in the swelling of the inflamed prostate.

Symptoms may disappear on their own, but do not create illusions: this does not mean that the disease has passed.

Prostatitis becomes chronic.It can take a long time (years) from the first signs of acute prostatitis to the appearance of chronic prostatitis.

Chronic process

Perhaps the patient did not have a pronounced acute period, and the disease, bypassing him, became chronic.

In this case, the symptoms will be as follows:

• Dull pain in the anal region after defecation, spreading to the coccyx;
• Regular or irregular groin pain;
• Going to the toilet does not cause great difficulties, but to start urinating you have to strain your stomach a little.The patient does not pay much attention to it;
• Sometimes after urinating, a burning sensation remains in the area of the urethra.

The first signs of chronic prostatitis may appear over a long period of time.They can disappear and then reappear.

Infectious prostatitis

Often with infectious prostatitis, the patient also carries other sexually transmitted diseases.

Among the first signs are:

• Pain in the urethra, blood in the urine;
• Increase in temperature;
• Whitish urine (pus);
• Frequent desire to go to the toilet.

The first signs of bacterial prostatitis are similar to acute prostatitis, since the latter type often occurs due to the efforts of an infectious agent.

Non-infectious prostatitis

After 40 years, a man can notice the first signs of non-infectious prostatitis.It's not the bacteria's fault, it's just time.

The prostate enlarges, which can manifest itself in some way, or it can go unnoticed.

If a man has problems, they come down to such manifestations as:

• Difficulty urinating;
• Residual urine in the bladder.

If this causes inflammation of the prostate, then pain, burning and possibly fever are added.

Every prostatitis has basic (main) manifestations in problems with urination.The pain can be of different localization and intensity, burning at the end of urination and after it can be absent.

Sexual problems occur in 99 out of 100% of cases, but it is a long process, lasting several years or more.

Among the first signs is weakening of urine pressure.If you have to strain your abdominal muscles to urinate (even if you're not paying attention), it's time to see a urologist.

This is the first sign of impending prostatitis.

What if you ignore all these symptoms?

Let's say that acute prostatitis passes by itself (let's imagine that it passes).

After a few days of suffering, we can easily go to the toilet again, and the burning and pain have left us.

The euphoria will not last long - chronic inflammation occurs in the prostate, so prostatitis will remind itself of itself.

That's not the worst, because you can live with such feelings.It's what happens inside the prostate that matters.

Let's remember what its function is - maintaining the vital activity of sperm.

Prostatitis inhibits and blocks this function.As a result of advanced prostatitis, a man may lose the ability to conceive.

Another unpleasant consequence of advanced prostatitis is depression and bad mood.Constant problems with the "toilet" add stress to a man.

Incomplete emptying of the bladder leads to inflammatory processes in it and other parts of the urinary system.

So don't be idle.

How to detect prostatitis?

At the first signs of the disease, contact a urologist and tell us about your feelings.

Prostatitis is diagnosed by history, rectal examination of the prostate and TRUS.

Other methods are used in addition to determining accompanying diseases or excluding them.

You can do the diagnosis at home.But prostatitis can be confused with inflammation of the urethra or bladder, so carefully read the diagnosis of prostatitis.

Treatment

Treatment of prostatitis depends on its form.

The main tasks of the doctor are:

• Restoration of the normal ureter.This means reducing swelling, eliminating muscle spasms and stimulating urine production and elimination.
• Fighting the infectious agent or physically removing the cause of prostatitis.
• Prevention of relapse (diet, lifestyle and healthy habits).
• Stimulation of prostate activity - rectal prostate massage.

The treatment can also be done at home, with a previously agreed treatment method with the urologist.For example, it is useful to apply special microenemas with herbal decoctions.

In order to speed up recovery, the doctor will prescribe physiotherapy.