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

Prostatitis is a disease that can suddenly overtake any man.

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 onset of the disease is always associated with certain circumstances in 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 begin differently and will be preceded by its individual circumstances. Let's consider them.

Risk factors, circumstances in which they occur

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

Let's generalize once again: these factors increase the chances of contracting prostatitis tenfold.

Next, let's take a look at the early signs of various types of prostatitis.

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

Symptoms

Acute process

We 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 suddenly, even the problems with the bathroom. This is due to the rapid increase in swelling of the inflamed prostate.

Symptoms may disappear on their own, but they 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 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, which radiates to the coccyx;
• Regular or irregular groin pain
• Going to the bathroom isn't particularly difficult, but you have to strain your stomach a little to start urinating. The patient does not pay much attention to this;
• Sometimes after urination there is a burning sensation in the urethra.

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

Infectious prostatitis

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

Among the first signs, the following should be highlighted:

• Cut in the urethra, blood in the urine;
• Temperature increase;
• Whitish urine (pus)
• Frequent urge 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. It's not the bacteria's fault, it's just that the time has come.

The prostate becomes enlarged, which may somehow manifest itself or 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.

Any prostatitis has basic (main) manifestations in urination problems. The pain can be of different localization and intensity, burning at the end of urination and after 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 is a weakening of urinary pressure. If you have to strain your abs to start urinating (even if you don't pay attention to it), it's time to see a urologist.

This is the first sign of impending prostatitis.

What if I ignore all these symptoms?

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

After several days of torment, we easily return to the bathroom and the burning sensation and pain have left us.

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

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

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

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

Another unfortunate consequence of advanced prostatitis is depression and a bad mood. Constant toilet problems add stress to a man.

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

So don't be inactive.

How is prostatitis detected?

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

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

The other methods are used in addition, 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 diagnosis of prostatitis carefully.

Treatment

Treatment for prostatitis depends on its shape.

The main tasks of the doctor are:

• Recovery of a normal ureter. This means that it is necessary to reduce swelling, relieve muscle spasm and stimulate urine production and its excretion.
• Fighting an infectious agent or physically eliminating the cause of prostatitis.
• Relapse prevention (diet, lifestyle and good habits).
• Stimulating the activity of the prostate gland - rectal massage of the prostate.

You can also be treated at home, by agreement on the methods of treatment with a urologist. For example, it is useful to put special microenemas with herbal decoctions.

To speed up recovery, the doctor will prescribe physiotherapy.