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

Prostatitis is a disease that can affect all men suddenly.

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

Prostatitis: the beginning

The appearance of the disease is always associated with certain circumstances of our life.

There are several types of prostatitis:

• Acute;
• Chronic;
• Infectious (bacterial);
• Not 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. Let's consider them.

Risk factors, circumstances of occurrence

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

Let's generalize once more: these factors increase the chances of getting prostatitis tenfold.

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

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

Symptoms

Acute process

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

• Pain when urinating, burning after;
• Temperature increase;
• 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 pains start abruptly, problems with the toilet too. This is due to the rapid increase in swelling of the inflamed prostate.

The symptoms may disappear on their own, but they are not 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 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 the following:

• 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 need to strain your stomach a little to start urinating. The patient does not pay much attention to this;
• Sometimes after urinating there is a burning sensation in the urethra.

The first signs of chronic prostatitis can appear over a long period. They can disappear and then make themselves felt again.

Infectious prostatitis

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

Among the first signs it is worth noting:

• Cut in urethra, blood in urine;
• Temperature increase;
• White urine (pus)
• Frequent need to use 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. This is not the bacteria's fault, it is just that the time has come.

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

If a man is experiencing problems, then they come 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.

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

Sexual problems occur in 99 out 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 have to strain your abs to start urinating (even if you're not paying attention to it), it's time to see a urologist.

This is the first sign of impending prostatitis.

What if he ignores all of these symptoms?

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

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

The euphoria won't last long - chronic inflammation is tied to the prostate, so prostatitis will still remember itself.

This is not the worst, since you can live with those feelings. What is important is what happens inside the prostate gland.

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

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

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

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

So don't stay idle.

How is prostatitis detected?

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

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

The other methods are used as a complement, to determine concomitant diseases or to exclude them.

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

Treatment

The treatment of 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.
• Fight an infectious agent or physically eliminate the cause of prostatitis.
• Relapse prevention (diet, lifestyle and good habits).
• Stimulate the activity of the prostate gland: rectal massage of the prostate.

It can also be treated at home, having previously agreed on the treatment methods with a urologist. For example, it is useful to put special microclysters with decoctions of herbs.

To speed up recovery, the doctor will prescribe physical therapy.