Prostatitis types of symptoms treatment

Ordinary people far from medicine, faced with prostatitis, believe that there are only such types of prostatitis in acute and chronic.

In part, this is true, but these two main forms are divided, in turn, into several subspecies:

• Spicy.
• Purulent.
• Calculus.
• Asymptomatic.
• Stagnant.
• Bacterial.
• Chronic.

Acute prostatitis

Caused by bacteria, fungi or protozoa. Most often in a man's body, E. coli multiplies, but there are cases of abnormal development of Pseudomonas aeruginosa or enterococci. Amoeba and other types of microorganisms can also act as a focus. It is known that protozoa are present in everyone in the body, however, their reproduction exponentially occurs with a general decrease in immunity, when the body ceases to resist them.

This is how the inflammation of the prostate gland begins to develop. In the event that a man simultaneously has inflammation of the nasopharynx or career teeth, or has recently undergone surgery for any reason, as well as hormonal imbalances, the risk of prostatitis increases.

Acute prostatitis differs in that the disease develops with lightning speed. It starts with a rise in temperature and general malaise. At the initial stage, the disease can be confused with a viral disease. Soon there is pain in the perineum, in the lower abdomen, in the lower back and during bowel movements. Then serious changes in urination begin. It is either more frequent, with constant urge, or vice versa, urinary retention occurs. Another nuisance of acute prostatitis is the deterioration of erection. Often all these disorders are accompanied by the discharge of pus from the penis.

Treatment of Acute prostatitis is carried out with high quality only in a medical facility. The disease requires intensive treatment. A course of antibiotics, anti-inflammatory drugs, adrenergic blockers and alpha-reductase blockers, drugs that raise immunity, microclysters, physiotherapy procedures. Only with such a complex treatment can you achieve success and prevent the transition of acute prostatitis to chronic.

Purulent prostatitis and its varieties:

Catarrhal.

Most easily treatable. The disease occurs against the background of infectious colds in acute respiratory infections, tonsillitis or flu. Treatment started on time gives a quick and lasting positive result.

Follicular.

Untreated catarrhal prostatitis. The inflammation is aggravated by the appearance of pus. The symptoms accompanying the disease are very unpleasant, as the body temperature rises significantly and sharp pains appear. However, the correct treatment relieves the symptoms.

Parenchymal.

At this stage, the disease progresses, and the patient's condition worsens seriously. Pus flows out of the prostate gland, the pains sometimes become very strong. This form is amenable to treatment, but it takes time.

Abscessive.

Severe stage, since time was lost, all the tissues of the gland are saturated with pus, the inflammation spreads to nearby organs. This is a very dangerous period that requires immediate intervention, since the complications that have arisen may be incompatible with life. The entire genitourinary system suffers, including the kidneys, there is a possibility of sepsis.

Purulent inflammation is treated with antibiotics, but there are times when you cannot do without surgery. Most often, the patient brings himself to such a state without asking for help in time.

Calculus.

This form occurs against the background of chronic prostatitis. Usually older men get sick with it. Inflammation is accompanied by the formation of stones both in the gland itself (exogenous) and those that come from the kidneys or bladder (endogenous). Stones are detected by ultrasound examination (ultrasound), urine analysis also gives an answer to the question about stones.

Asymptomatic.

With this form, the presence of microorganisms is not detected, but inflammation of the prostate gland is determined. Very often a man does not know that he is sick with prostatitis, and only a passed PSA test reveals an increased level of antigen. Further testing, such as donating sperm, is likely to reveal the presence of bacteria.

Stagnant.

Stagnation of secretions in the gland - there are two types: infectious and non-infectious. Refers to chronic prostatitis. All symptoms of the disease are blurred, the course is sluggish. The appearance of the disease is associated with stagnation in the pelvic organs, which is facilitated by an inactive lifestyle, sedentary work, unhealthy diet and irregular sex.

The treatment is carried out medically, as in other types of the disease, but it is with this course that a special set of physical exercises has a very good effect, the implementation of which will help to improve blood circulation in the pelvic organs.

Bacterial.

Acute and chronic - most often the onset of the disease occurs in the young period of a man, up to 40 years old and is caused by the penetration of pathogenic microorganisms. Distinguish between acute and chronic. The development of bacterial prostatitis is negatively affected by colds, common hypothermia, bad habits - smoking and alcohol abuse. All this contributes to a decrease in immunity, as well as a sedentary lifestyle.

The main treatment for the bacterial form is antibiotics and anti-inflammatory drugs. In case of urination disorders, alpha blockers and adrenergic blockers are prescribed. Since frequent trips to the toilet torment the patient most often at night, the doctor prescribes sedatives, even antidepressants.

Chronic prostatitis

Insidious chronic prostatitis! This form is diagnosed in a man who came to the urologist for the first time, since the course of the disease, which has long been attacking the prostate, proceeded slowly and was not pronounced. This is where all the insidiousness of the disease lies. Be that as it may, but it is necessary to immediately start treating it, since the appearance of an adenoma - the main complication of the chronic course of the disease - is not far off. This form also causes other complications: cystitis or vesiculitis, inflammation of the testicles, pyelonephritis and glomerulonephritis, infertility and impotence.

This prostatitis is caused by several reasons. It can be infectious in nature, and it can also occur as a result of stagnation in the small pelvis. Stagnation occurs at a young and middle age due to a sedentary lifestyle, and always - with increasing age. Men over 60 years old mostly have chronic prostatitis.

At a young and middle age, it occurs due to genital infections, weak immunity, inactive life, stress, due to unbalanced diet, bad habits, promiscuous sex, etc.

Untreated acute prostatitis can also cause chronic inflammation of the prostate.

Treatment of chronic prostatitis is well established and includes several methods. After examining all the test results and other studies, the urologist first prescribes a course of antibiotics if the disease is caused by an infection. Effective physiotherapy procedures are used, prostate massage has proven itself well, emphasis is always placed on revising the diet and establishing a healthy lifestyle.

In the chronic course of the disease, regular sex is necessary, it promotes the cleansing of the glands and a better outflow of secretions

Armed with the methods of traditional medicine - herbs and products with a high content of vitamins and microelements, and amino acids, vital for the prostate. All of these measures help lengthen periods of recession. Treatment of chronic prostatitis is a very long and painstaking task. It is necessary to accurately follow all the instructions of the urologist, every six months to take a blood test for PSA, which monitors the condition of the prostate and shows the dynamics of the development of the disease.

And one more feature of the disease, when prostatitis takes on the types of granulomatous changes in the gland, when it is replaced by fibrous tissue. This is similar to the development of prostate cancer. A distinction is made between infectious, idiopathic (spontaneous) and allergic prostatitis.

Numerous types of prostatitis have another classification:

• Spicy.
• Chronic bacterial.
• Chronic non-bacterial.
• Asymptomatic.

But, as they say, from a change in the places of the terms, the amount does not change. Whatever classifications are accepted by learned men, all types of prostatitis require serious and timely treatment.