The prostate gland is the most vulnerable organ in the male body. Prostate disease meet every third men aged 20 years. Also prostatic hypertrophy and adenoma, causing problems with erection are often the result of chronic prostatitis. Therefore, you should know the characteristic signs of chronic prostatitis and how to deal with it.
Chronic prostatitis — what is it?
Chronic prostatitis is long flowing to the prostate gland inflammatory process. The term combines several forms of the disease, which is manifested by similar clinical symptoms.
Class of chronic prostatitis:
- Infectious — triggered by bacteria, fungus or virus;
- Non-communicable (standing) — also known as chronic pelvic pain syndrome manifested by signs of inflammation with or without them;
- Asymptomatic — no clinical symptoms of inflammation detected only by examination of the prostate gland.
In 95% of cases are diagnosed as non-infectious chronic prostatitis. This plan the development of the inflammation out of the stagnant phenomena in the prostate — its the secret, or blood flow in the veins.
The risk of disease increased with chronic prostatitis in humans:
- leading irregular sexual life, regularly practicing interrupted intercourse to prevent pregnancy partner;
- office workers and drivers (sedentary work is provoking the stagnation of blood in the pelvis);
- want to wear tight underwear;
- abusing alcohol and Smoking.
Chronic prostatitis: signs
Chronic prostatitis develops gradually, and for many years a topic of concern. At times a man can celebrate:
- Discomfort in the area of the perineum;
- Low pain intensity with a typical radiating to the sacrum, the rectum, the genitals;
- Some of the frequent urination with the occurrence of pain and mild abnormal discharge from the urethra channel, a weak urine stream;
- Tenderness of the glans penis after ejaculation (disappears 30 min.);
- Burning in the urethra, the occurrence of pain during sexual intercourse.
Stress, hypothermia, previous infection, which leads to a weakening of the immune system, and eating spicy foods/alcohol can cause exacerbation of chronic prostatitis. The intensity of the disease increases and resembles acute inflammation.
With the development of the disease and the involvement in the pathological process of the nerves still erectile dysfunction, which significantly affects the psychological state of the patient.
However, chronic prostatitis can lead not only to a violation of potency — weak erection, lower sensation during orgasm or the complete lack of premature ejaculation.
Often the disease leads to the development of cystitis, pyelonephritis, and inflammation of the testicles, worsen the course of the underlying disease. In addition, significantly increases the risk of kidney stone formation, prostate adenoma, or the appearance of a malignant tumor. In the long chronic prostatitis develops infertility.
The symptoms of chronic prostatitis according to the shape and steps
Chronic prostatitis symptoms depend on the form of the disease and the stage of the disease (exacerbation or remission).
Chronic bacterial prostatitis
Signs of chronic prostatitis, caused by pathogenic microflora, occur periodically with varying intensity. During acute inflammation symptoms were most pronounced. Infectious, chronic flowing of prostatitis occurs:
- Common signs of inflammation in the body — fever, weakness, chills, muscle pain (occurs during exacerbations);
- syndrome local inflammation — pain in the stomach, aggravated by sexual intercourse, after defecation and urination, prolonged lack of intimacy;
- Disorders of the urine — intermittent urination, impaired erection ability;
- Laboratory detection of abnormalities in the prostate secretion and urine test bacteria/fungi, signs of inflammation in the blood (leukocytosis, increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate) and urine (leukocyturia, and protein).
Out of the symptoms of inflammation of chronic prostatitis is removed. The patient's complaints demonstrate more impaired urination, decreased sexual desire and erectile other disorders, cause severe nervousness.
Non-infectious chronic prostatitis: chronic pelvic pain syndrome
The name itself indicates, the dominant of this type of chronic prostatitis symptom — pain. Because of the low intensity of the pain, chronic prostatitis non-infectious in nature often ignored.
Over time the pain increases a little, and the clinical picture symptoms of sexual dysfunction caused by the progression of stagnation and decline in muscle tone of the pelvic floor and urinary sphincter.
Often the disease is completely asymptomatic. The diagnosis of chronic prostatitis is the detection of signs of inflammation in prostatic hyperplasia and, during diagnostic studies. A urine sample can be the time recorded by leukocyturia.
Methods of treatment of chronic prostatitis
In each case, the treatment of chronic prostatitis requires the individual selection of therapeutic schemes. This is taken into account the reason-illness (infection, stagnation of secretions or venous blood), duration of flow and the presence exacerbates the pathology.
Medical treatment:
- Antibiotics — treatment with antibiotics is indicated only in cases of severe inflammation, the identification of bacteria in the urine or prostate secretion. Antibiotic treatment continued for 2 to 8 weeks. After completing the symptoms often remain unchanged, despite the catchy factor is completely removed.
- Alpha - blockers prescribed for high blood pressure, hypertonicity of bladder muscles. Their application has no impact in violation of the innervation of the muscles and diseases of the pelvic floor.
- Symptomatic treatment of chronic prostatitis — pain medications used anti-inflammatory drugs, number of tablets, eliminate anxiety, we recommend that you take a selection of antidepressants. Hormone therapy androgens have been carried out in accordance with the deviations of hormonal level.
- Excipients — name is used only if proven by laboratory tests in immunodeficiency.
- Means for regulating the level of uric acid — only useful in the detection of stones in the prostate.
- Vitamin therapy is a means of choice for the treatment of chronic prostatitis become available, vitamin-mineral complexes. Replacing them with dietary Supplements advertised does not bring healing results, in addition to wasting your money.
Surgical treatment of prostatitis
Depending on the pathological process of chronic prostatitis, apply a transurethral resection of the prostate (often a switch to open surgery), endoscopic drainage to form vesicles, the prostate, surgical repair of the seminal vesicles in violation of the outflow of secretions.
Far the disease is prostatectomy. Benign prostatic hyperplasia effective ablative method, microwave thermal therapy and laser ablation.
Other treatments of chronic prostatitis
Some doctors actively prescribe to patients with chronic prostatitis various methods of physical effects on the prostate. However, most of them is several only and is addressed only in certain cases:
- Prostate massage (available only for a small part of the gland), when hyperplastic changes in the body can cause acute urinary retention and to promote the spread of the inflammatory process (until the development of sepsis). Also massage may be performed stones and cysts of the prostate, severe venous stasis. Published prostate standing secret that the best way is the natural ejaculation.
- Exercises for the bladder — specific exercises longer between urination 4-5 hours is effective for the violation of muscle tone of the bladder and its sphincter. However, their efficiency is significantly less than a specific syndrome.
- Instillation — a deep infusion of the drug to the urethra is very painful and fraught with complications.
- Electrical stimulation, ultrasound and phonophoresis, magnetic therapy and other methods of muscle stimulation suitable for use only in the case, reducing the muscle tone of the pelvic floor. Physical therapy gave only temporary relief, and durable effect is achieved by the removal of the cause of the disease.
- Traditional methods — home recipes (pumpkin seeds, honey, alcohol tincture of aspen bark, and others) is used only with the permission of the treating physician and does not replace medical treatment.
Forecast: is it possible to cure chronic prostatitis?
The prognosis of chronic prostatitis depends on the timely treatment of the patient's skilled care. As you can see, the symptoms and treatment of chronic prostatitis in men are closely linked, because the hyperplastic changes in the gland and degeneration, provided a comprehensive treatment, it is possible to achieve permanent improvements.
This is important when you radically rethink your life: avoid provoking the congestion factors, to get rid of harmful habits and proper nutrition.