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 urethra 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 illness is always associated with certain circumstances of our lives.

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 differently and will be preceded by special circumstances. Consider them.

Risk factors, circumstances of occurrence

1. SPB. When infected with any sexually transmitted infection from a sexual partner, a man has a high chance of getting an acute infectious prostate, which can then turn into a chronic one. Thus sexually transmitted diseases will be the first factor predisposing to prostatitis.
2. Sedentary lifestyle, sedentary work, apathy for sports and morning exercises, obesity. It is the cause of non-infectious prostatitis, which can be worse or with unclear symptoms.
3. Hypothermia - in this case, the genitourinary system goes through frequent cold attacks, as a result of which the bladder, seminal ducts, prostate and testicles can become inflamed.
4. Age. When a man turns 40-45, irreversible changes begin in his prostate. This is due to male menopause - the direct consequences of hormonal rearrangements in the body. The prostate grows (hyperplasia), which is accompanied (or may be followed) by a whole range of symptoms of prostatitis.

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

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

Caution, before engaging in self-diagnosis when the first signs are detected or in a panicked search for a doctor’s contacts - pay attention to the above risk factors. You may not have prostatitis!

Symptoms

Acute process

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

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

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

The symptoms may disappear on their own, but they do not create illusions: that 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

The patient may not have had a pronounced acute period, and the disease, bypassing him, turned into a chronic form.

In this case, the symptoms will be as follows:

• Dull pain in the anus after discharge, radiating to the tailbone;
• Regular or irregular groin pain;
• Going to the toilet is not 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 may appear over a long period of time. They can disappear and then be felt again.

Infectious prostatitis

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

Among the first signs should be noted:

• Cutting in the urethra, blood in the urine;
• Temperature rise;
• Whitish urine (pus)
• Frequent need to use the toilet.

The first signs of bacterial prostatitis are similar to acute prostatitis, because 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 that's to blame, it's just the time.

The prostate enlarges, which can somehow manifest or can go unnoticed.

If a man has problems, they are reduced to such manifestations as:

• Difficulty urinating
• The remaining 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 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 this procedure is time consuming and takes several years or more.

Among the first signs is a weakening of urine pressure. If you have to strain your abs to start urinating (even if you don’t pay attention to it), it’s time to visit a urologist.

This is the first sign of impending prostatitis.

What if you ignore all these symptoms?

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

After a few days of torment, we easily go to the toilet again, and the burning sensation and pain has left us.

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

It’s not the worst thing, because you can live with such sensations. What matters is what happens inside the prostate.

Let's remember what its function is - to maintain the vital activity of 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 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 is prostatitis detected?

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

Prostatitis is diagnosed in the anamnesis, rectal examination of the prostate and TRUS.

The rest of the method is used as an adjunct 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

The treatment of prostatitis depends on its form.

The main tasks of the doctor are:

• Restoration of the normal ureter. This means that you need to reduce swelling, relieve muscle cramps and stimulate urine production and excretion.
• Fighting infectious agents or physically eliminating the cause of prostatitis.
• Recurrence prevention (diet, lifestyle and good habits).
• Stimulation of prostate activity - rectal prostate massage.

You can also be treated at home, 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.