Prostatitis of fungal etiology as an acute infectious disease

Fungal prostatitis is a disease of the prostate gland, which is characterized by the development of an inflammatory process in the glandular tissue with a change or complete cessation of its functioning. The most common prostatitis is candida, it is provoked by a fungus of the genus Candida.

The body of almost every person on the planet contains a certain amount of fungi, which are contained in the body for a huge amount of time. When a man is exposed to unfavorable environmental factors, fungi can activate their growth and become pathogenic.

What are the ways of getting a fungal infection?

Fungal prostatitis, like any other infectious process, develops as a result of the penetration of a pathogenic agent into the body of a healthy person.

It is customary to distinguish three main ways of penetration of a pathogenic fungus into a man's body:

As already known, fungal prostatitis develops as a result of infection with pathogenic fungi or their rapid mutagenic properties. Disputes can persist for a long time in a man's body without provoking the development of the inflammatory process.

Pathogenic properties can be activated as a result of exposure to the body of adverse factors, such as:

• a sharp change in the functioning of the endocrine system with a violation of the hormonal background;
• oncological malignant processes with pronounced signs of metastasis;
• immunodeficiency states and a decrease in the general defenses of the body;
• excessive hypothermia;
• other viral or bacterial infections persisting in the human body;
• prolonged depression;
• abuse of alcohol substitutes and tobacco products;
• promiscuous intercourse without the use of contraceptives;
• not maintaining a balanced diet;
• lack of physical activity;
• general weakening of the body against the background of hypovitaminosis.

Symptomatic signs and diagnostic methods

When prostatitis of such an etiology as fungal develops, the lower structural parts of the urinary system and the glandular tissue itself are most often subjected to an inflammatory process. For such a disease as candidal prostatitis, symptoms such as difficulty in urinating, a decrease in a man's sexual abilities are characteristic.

In addition, prostatitis is characterized by the manifestation of signs of intoxication, pain in the lower abdomen and general urinary incontinence. A feature of fungal prostatitis is that all of the above symptoms are characteristic of absolutely all types of prostatitis, and this type of pathology is very difficult in carrying out diagnostic measures.

Fungal prostatitis from other varieties will help differentiate a biopsy of the glandular tissue of the prostate, bacteriological culture of blood and urine, as well as specific tests to determine the species of fungal infection. Since in most cases, candidiasis develops in immunodeficiency states, the patient should undergo a laboratory test to detect HIV infection. Also, the main distinguishing feature by which prostatitis of fungal etiology is determined is the presence in the history of the disease from the life of promiscuous sexual intercourse, an asocial lifestyle and a sharp decrease in the body's immune forces.

Basic treatment methods

Fungal prostatitis is a very long-term diagnosis and significantly exceeds the healing process by the time. As a rule, with this type of inflammatory process of the prostate tissue, surgical intervention is not required; special antifungal drugs will help to eliminate the etiology of the disease. Conservative therapy is carried out on average for 2 to 3 months, it is strictly forbidden to engage in independent members, since this can lead to serious consequences for the health and life of the patient and lead to absolute infertility.

If a patient has applied for specialized medical care at an extremely difficult stage of the infectious process, then he is shown an emergency surgical intervention. With a complete defeat of the glandular tissue without further prospect of its restoration, a radical removal of the affected organ is carried out, as a result, the man becomes absolutely sterile and loses his sexual properties.

There are many antifungal medications available, but fluconazole is the most preferred.Fluconazole for prostatitis must be taken for at least 6 weeks, the dosage required for the patient by the treating doctor of urological specialty is selected individually, this is due to the individual characteristics of the human body. The mechanism of action of this drug is based on the effect on fungal cells, the eugenic apparatus, as a result, the spread of infection slows down and over time the pathogenic fungi die. Symptomatic therapy is also used as a conservative treatment in order to eliminate unpleasant symptoms, reduce the overall body temperature and normalize the outflow of urine.

The prognosis for recovery from fungal prostatitis in most cases is favorable if the patient promptly sought medical help and began to conduct the necessary course of antifungal drug therapy.