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Prostatitis is an inflammatory process in the prostate gland, also referred to as the prostate gland. So, what is the prostate in men? The prostate gland is a muscular organ of a man, which is located around the neck of the bladder, close enough to the vas deferens.
The prostate is considered to be a minor organ of the male reproductive system. The urethra passes through the prostate gland, and in this regard, if the gland is enlarged, there is pressure on the urinary tract, which makes it difficult for urine to pass. The prostate forms a special secret, which is a component that makes up the semen.
In view of this, the prostate gland performs the following functions:
Due to the fact that the prostate has a fairly wide area of activity, it carries a danger of prostatitis in men, which entails many different problems that are associated with deviations in the work of this organ. The disease can appear at any age. According to statistics, every second man suffers from prostatitis.
The causes of prostatitis are usually identified as the following causes of the disease:
The above factors are not the main causes of inflammation of the prostate, but open up the possibility for the infection to enter the prostate. When there is inflammation in the rectum or urethra, it can cause a secondary infection of the prostate - in an ascending manner if bacteria move up from the external urethral canal, or downward if bacteria enter the gland from infected urine.
Another factor that suggests the development of the disease may be constipation, which is chronic. Such deviations can cause inflammation.
The immune system also plays a significant role in the onset and course of the disease.
Among the causes of the disease are urological infections and some venereal diseases. Also, the presence of such diseases in a man as bronchitis, tonsillitis in a chronic form, untreated caries can be the cause of prostatitis in men.
There are signs by which prostatitis in men is subdivided. So, according to the form of the course, the disease can be:
Acute prostatitis occurs when the tissues of the prostate are infected with an infection, which is a consequence of the pathogenic activity of bacteria, protozoa, fungi. When a man is healthy, these bacteria will be a common part of his microflora, but in the case when the number of microorganisms greatly increases, an acute inflammatory process occurs.
This phenomenon occurs when some of the factors coincide:
Acute prostatitis occurs fairly quickly and is characterized by the following symptoms:
Despite the fact that death from this disease, even in an acute form, is hardly possible, this disease is treated mainly in a hospital under the supervision of specialists. This is necessary in order to prevent the transition of the disease to a chronic form or to dangerous complications. There is an opportunity to completely cure the disease, but only in the case of a timely visit to a primary specialist - it is necessary to know about this for those who, instead of starting treatment, believe that the disease can go away on its own.
The chronic form of this disease can occur as a result of tissue damage by bacteria or as a result of such phenomena:
The onset of chronic prostatitis can occur against a background of specific risk factors, which include:
A chronic inflammatory process can proceed without symptoms - while during the explicit course of the process, the pathogenic environment is not detected in the analyzed analyzes. Nevertheless, this process is often a disease that arose as a result of the fact that acute prostatitis was not completely treated.
Chronic inflammation is characterized by the following symptoms:
Chronic prostatitis is so dangerous in men that with this form of the disease, remission phases alternate with exacerbation phases, which are quite severe and can cause serious harm without the supervision of a specialist.
In addition, in the absence of timely treatment, this form of the disease can lead to a large number of complications.
Noting that the outcomes of the above complications range from personal injury to death.
In addition to the fact that it is such a disease, which is subdivided according to the form of the course, prostatitis is also usually divided according to the types of causative agents that provoke it. In addition, a non-bacterial form should be distinguished, which occurs without any symptoms and without the participation of microbes, viruses, bacteria. Most often there is no need to treat the prostate gland in this form - it will be enough to remove the inflammation and eliminate the phenomenon that caused the disease.
Unlike the non-bacterial form of the disease, infectious prostatitis can be:
In addition, a mixed type of disease is distinguished, during which inflammation occurs in the tissues of the gland, which is caused by several types of the above infections. In addition to the above types of disease, there are stagnant inflammations, which arise due to stagnation of a secret (or its weak excretion) or stagnation of blood. Stagnation of secretions occurs as a result of irregular intercourse, stagnation of blood is the result of a sedentary lifestyle, hypothermia, trauma to the abdominal cavity or perineum.
If a man has congestive prostatitis, and in addition to this, there has been an infection of the body, there is a risk of complications of the inflammatory process and a significant deterioration in his health. Also, calculous inflammation of the prostate is isolated, which occurs as a result of metabolic disorders in the gland, as a result of which micro stones appear and the inflammatory process begins.
The diagnosis of prostatitis can be made by a specialist during a personal examination.
Research methods:
During the diagnosis process, it should be ensured that the manifestations of the disease are not signs of urethritis or other diseases that can result in persistent bladder or kidney infections.
To treat the inflammatory process of the prostate begin only after the exact definition of the type and form of the disease. The effectiveness of therapy will depend on this. A man needs emergency hospitalization and intravenous antibiotics if there is Acute prostatitis, which is characterized by severe intoxication, fever, and generally poor health. With an easy course of the disease, you can undergo a course of therapy on an outpatient basis.
Treat the disease in two ways:
Medical method. Your doctor may prescribe antibiotics if you have a bacterial form of the disease. When the condition is not caused by bacteria or viruses, antibiotic therapy will be useless. At the same time, almost any acute infection can be treated with antibiotics. The choice of drugs for acute inflammation of the gland should be based on identifying the type of infectious agent and its individual sensitivity to antibiotics.
To relieve chronic groin and pelvic pain, your doctor will prescribe medications that help relax the muscles of the gland and bladder, which can improve urine flow and reduce symptoms. In order to relieve the protective tension of the pelvic floor muscles, reduce compression of the affected gland, as well as reduce pain, the doctor prescribes muscle-relaxing drugs.
With a complex course of the disease, intravenous fluids and diuretics are recommended, which promotes the release of a large amount of urine, this is a kind of prevention of intoxication of the body, as well as the development of an ascending urinary infection (cystitis, pyelonephritis). To relieve the clinical signs of non-infectious inflammation of the gland, the doctor will prescribe analgesics, antipyretics, and anticholinergics.
If, during the treatment of acute infectious inflammation, clinical signs have disappeared, therapy must be completed, since the symptoms may disappear until the infection completely disappears from the body, and if therapy is interrupted, acute infectious prostatitis may become chronic.
Surgical method.
Surgical method is treated only if drug therapy was useless, and also if the prostate interferes with urine waste. In addition, surgical operations are not performed on young people, as this can lead to male infertility.