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

Prostatitis is a disease that can suddenly invade 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 onset of the disease is always associated with certain circumstances in our life.

There are several types of prostatitis:

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

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

Each type of prostatitis will start out differently and will be preceded by its own individual circumstances. Consider them.

Risk factors, circumstances of occurrence

1. STD. When infected with a sexually transmitted infection from a sexual partner, a man has a high chance of getting an acute infectious prostate, which can then develop into a chronic prostate. Thus, sexually transmitted diseases will be the first predisposing factor to prostatitis.
2. Sedentary lifestyle, sedentary work, apathy for sports and morning exercises, obesity. It is the cause of non-infectious prostatitis, which may be exacerbated or with vague symptoms.
3. Hypothermia - in this case, the genitourinary system experiences frequent attacks of cold, as a result of which the bladder, seminal ducts, prostate and testes may become inflamed.
4. Age. When a man reaches the age of 40 to 45, irreversible changes begin in his prostate. This is due to male menopause - a direct consequence of hormonal rearrangement in the body. The prostate develops (hyperplasia), which is accompanied (or may be accompanied) by the full range of symptoms of prostatitis.

Let's generalize again - these factors increase the chances of getting prostatitis tenfold.

Next, let's look at the first signs of various types of prostatitis.

Be careful, before embarking on the self-diagnosis when the first signs are detected, or in a panic search for doctor's contacts - pay attention to the above risk factors. Maybe you don't have prostatitis!

Symptoms

Acute process

Note that the first signs of acute prostatitis in most cases are similar in all patients:

• Pain when urinating, burning afterwards;
• Temperature rise;
• After the heroic emptying of the bladder, the patient feels that there is still urine in him;
• Complaints of pain in the groin and perineum.

The pain starts suddenly, so do the problems with the toilet. This is due to the rapid increase in swelling of the inflamed prostate.

The symptoms may go away on their own, but do not create illusions: it does not mean that the disease has passed.

Prostatitis becomes chronic. It can take a long time (years) between the first signs of acute prostatitis and the onset of chronic prostatitis.

Chronic process

Perhaps the patient did not have a pronounced acute period, and the disease, bypassing it, turned into a chronic form.

In this case, the symptoms will be as follows:

• Dull pain in the anus after a bowel movement, radiating to the coccyx;
• Regular or irregular groin pain;
• Going to the bathroom is not particularly difficult, but you do have to strain your stomach a bit to start urinating. The patient does not pay much attention to it;
• Sometimes after urination, there is a burning sensation in the urethra.

The first signs of chronic prostatitis can appear over a long period of time. They may go away and then be felt again.

Infectious prostatitis

Often affected by infectious prostatitis, the patient is also a carrier of other sexually transmitted diseases.

Among the first signs, we must highlight:

• Cut in urethra, blood in urine;
• Temperature rise;
• Whitish urine (pus)
• Frequent urge to go to the bathroom.

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

Non-infectious prostatitis

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

The prostate gets bigger, which may somehow show up, or it may go unnoticed.

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

• Difficulty urinating
• Residual amount of urine in the bladder.

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

All prostatitis has basic (main) manifestations in urination problems. The pain may be of different location and intensity, burning at the end of urination and after it may be absent.

Sexual problems do occur in 99 of 100% of cases, but this process is long and takes several years or more.

Among the first signs there is a weakening of urinary pressure. If you need to force your abs to start urinating (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 of these symptoms?

Let's say the acute prostatitis passed on its own (let's say it passed).

After several days of torment, we easily return to the bathroom, and the burning sensation and pain are gone.

The euphoria will not last long - chronic inflammation is related to the prostate, so prostatitis will always remember itself.

It is not the worst thing, because you can live with such sensations. What is important is what is going on inside the prostate.

Let us remember what its function is: to maintain the vital activity of spermatozoa.

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

Another unpleasant consequence of advanced prostatitis is depression and bad mood. Constant toilet problems 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 stand idly by.

How is prostatitis detected?

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

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

The other methods are used in addition, to determine concomitant diseases or to exclude them.

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

Treatment

Treatment for prostatitis depends on its form.

The main tasks of the doctor are:

• Restoration of a normal ureter. This means that you need to reduce swelling, relieve muscle spasms, and stimulate urine production and excretion.
• To fight an infectious agent or to physically eliminate the cause of prostatitis.
• Prevention of relapses (diet, lifestyle and good habits).
• Stimulate prostate activity - rectal prostate massage.

You can also be treated at home, after having previously agreed on treatment methods with a urologist. For example, it is useful to put special microclysters with herbal decoctions.

To speed up recovery, the doctor will prescribe physiotherapy.