Modern lifestyle and prostate inflammation

Inflammation of the prostate (or prostatitis) today is one of the most common reasons for a man to visit a urologist. The root cause of prostatitis is an infection that has entered the human body (in most cases it is conditionally pathogenic). The infection becomes fixed in the prostate under certain conditions: the ability of the infection to cause inflammation of the prostate is associated with a significant change in lifestyle - sedentary work, lack of physical activity, a passive lifestyle in general lead to a deterioration in blood flow in the pelvic organs, to congestion that help the infection take root and develop. The day of today's average office worker looks like this: he drives to work by car, where he sits at the computer all day, then he also rushes home by car, where a sofa and a TV are waiting for him. As a result, in violation of blood circulation in the pelvic organs. Together with the infection, this leads to prostatitis.

The prostate gland is part of the male reproductive system. It produces a secret that nourishes and protects the sperm in the semen, and is also responsible for ejaculation and dilutes sperm, ensuring sperm motility, and is also one of the two main consumers of testosterone in the body

Disorders in the prostate gland can cause impotence and male infertility. Traditionally, it is believed that this disease can appear in a man closer to 40 years old, but today experts are talking about expanding the age range of their patients. Men aged 25-30 also treat prostatitis. In modern medicine, prostatitis is divided into 4 types:

• Acute prostatitis.
• Chronic bacterial prostatitis.
• Chronic abacterial prostatitis.
• Asymptomatic chronic prostatitis.

Each of the types of this disease is characterized by different symptoms. For acute prostatitis, these are sharp pains in the lower abdomen, glans penis, perineum, difficulty urinating and high fever (however, acute prostatitis can occur without pronounced local manifestations).

In chronic prostatitis, the symptoms may be lighter, but this is their danger in the infection can live for a long time in the body, slowly destroying the prostate tissue, and a man at this time can simply endure these small troubles: frequent urination, discomfort during intercourse, pain on the inner thighs and in the genitals. Chronic prostatitis can occur without symptoms at all. In this case, it is usually detected only by analyzes during routine examinations.

Methods for the diagnosis of chronic prostatitis

• Rectal digital examination of the prostate gland.
• Analysis of prostate secretions in the study, allowing to identify the infection that caused the inflammation.
• Transrectal ultrasound of the prostate gland determines the extent of the distress, changes in the prostate as a result of the inflammatory process.

The attending physician may also prescribe additional studies based on the individual characteristics of the course of the disease.

Prevention of prostatitis

In the living conditions that we create for ourselves today, it is both easy and difficult to adhere to simple rules for the prevention of prostatitis, because they often require a lifestyle correction. However, you can reduce your risk of developing prostatitis by following these guidelines:

• The bladder must be emptied on time.
• Avoid monotonous hypothermia of the pelvic organs.
• Give up bad habits: alcohol, smoking.
• Enlarge physical activity.
• Normalize sexual life. Regular ejaculation improves blood circulation in the pelvic organs.
• Eliminate the risk of sexually transmitted infections. If in doubt, use of barrier methods of contraception.

On the Internet, you can find many ways to treat prostatitis at home. Some of them (for example, a hot bath) can temporarily relieve the patient's condition, but folk remedies do not eliminate the very cause of the disease - infection. Only a doctor can correctly determine the cause of the disease, choose an adequate therapy and control the course of treatment.