Not all adult men know how prostatitis manifests itself, so few people pay attention to the first symptoms of this disease. Along with this, this is one of the most common urological pathologies today. Therefore, it is imperative to familiarize yourself with its characteristics and manifestations. It is widely believed that the disease is typical of men of mature age, but today this disappointing diagnosis can be made in quite young people, aged 18-20.
Simplicity is an extremely vulnerable organ for pathogens to invade, develop, and spread. Therefore, it is negatively affected by diseases of the bladder, walls of the urethra, vas deferens, and other organs and systems.
What is the first thing you should know about prostatitis?
To know exactly how prostatitis is defined, the first thing to do is to familiarize yourself with the main features of this disease. It is an inflammatory process that is localized in the prostate. Usually, the inflammation is caused by infectious microorganisms that can get into the prostate in a number of ways. At the same time, infection of the prostate does not always indicate the onset of the development of prostatitis. In order for the pathology to manifest itself, a combination of certain factors is required.
Symptoms of prostatitis can be caused by:
- Stool problems (e. g. frequent constipation or similar illnesses).
- A sedentary lifestyle (at work, at home), little physical activity and stress. Given this factor, the risk group includes men who have various professional activities: drivers, programmers, office workers.
- Hypothermia of the body (systematic or one-off significant).
- Longer abstinence (lack of sex life) or too active sex life. The manifestation of signs of the disease is possible even with normal sexual activity.
- Frequent stressful and depressive states, disorders in the psycho-emotional and psychological background of a person.
- Problems with food intake (frequent overeating, preference for spicy, smoked, salty foods, alcoholic beverages, lack of at least one diet).
How is prostatitis most common?
Treatment of this disease is often not difficult, since prostatitis can be detected from its initial stage and all possible manifestations are known. It should be noted immediately that it is customary to distinguish between chronic and acute forms of pathology.
- When an acute form of the disease begins to develop, the main symptom of prostatitis is the presence of inflammation in the prostate area. The inflammatory process in this case is necessarily accompanied by an increase in body temperature (often up to 39-39. 5 degrees), pain in the groin and perineum, pain when urinating and defecation.
- The chronic form of the disease, oddly enough, rarely bothers patients (except in cases of exacerbation). Therefore, many men simply do not pay attention to the manifested male prostatitis. During the period of exacerbation of the disease, the patient may experience a slight increase in body temperature (up to about 37-37. 5 degrees), discomfort and unusual sensations during urination and defecation, as well as the presence of a relatively small amount of purulent or mucous contents from the urethra. Given the insignificance of such manifestations, many men attribute these symptoms to other pathologies, postponing treatment and referral to specialists to the last one.
Signs of illness
Signs of prostatitis in men are very specific and indicative. Knowing them, the patient can independently suspect the manifestations of this pathology, consult a doctor in a timely manner and begin treatment in a timely manner. There is even a specific dysuria syndrome that clearly indicates a high probability of pathology in a person. Six main signs can be distinguished at the same time, which in different cases can manifest themselves all together or separately.
But in cases with 2-3 signs, this already becomes a serious reason for an immediate call to the urologist:
- Problems urinating (it is difficult to urinate, urine is released in drops).
- The flow of urine is rather sluggish, falls down, has a short range, the patient cannot physically strengthen it.
- pain when urinating.
- Increase the duration of urination, split, intermittent flow, and spraying in different directions.
- After urinating, the feeling remains that the bladder is not completely empty.
- In the evening and at night you have to go to the toilet more often.
If a man has any of these signs, don't jump to clinical conclusions. This is due to the fact that, regardless of the symptoms that appear, prostatitis has quite a complex pathogenesis. Therefore, it is better to entrust the diagnosis to a qualified specialist.
Therefore, it is strictly forbidden to start treating any disease based on only known symptoms. You can clarify the symptoms and how exactly prostatitis manifests itself in men at any urologist, who for the purpose of diagnosis will take into account not only the symptoms that have arisen, but also the results of laboratory and instrumental studies.
main symptoms
As mentioned above, the disease can be chronic or acute. Frequent urination is a common and one of the main symptoms. A healthy man usually has no more than 10-11 urges to urinate during the day (the normal indicator is 5-6 urges).
As a result of the development of inflammation of the prostate, there is a negative impact on the bladder, therefore, when the disease is present, the following symptoms appear:
- Increase the number of urges (while keeping the daily urine volume the same).
- Urine leaks in small portions, which is associated with receiving false signals from the bladder receptors due to an inflammatory process. As a result, the bladder may feel full even after it has been emptied.
- painful urination caused by the narrowing of the urethra due to the inflammatory process in the prostate.
- Difficulty urinating due to the compression of certain areas of the urethra from inflammation. In some cases, men cannot empty their bladder at all because of this.
- At night, the walls of the bladder give off false signals, which increases the number of trips to the toilet while sleeping.
Prostatitis can be diagnosed in part by monitoring body temperature in conjunction with problems urinating. If these problems are accompanied by an increase in temperature to subfebrile and febrile levels, then with a high probability we can talk about the development of the pathology. It is important to note that in the later stages of the development of the disease, on the contrary, a decrease in body temperature to 35, 5-36 degrees can be noted, which in any case is an extremely negative and dangerous symptom that cannot be tolerated.
In the middle stages of the disease, blood may be present in the patient's urine. This function is relatively rare and often not indicative, but extremely dangerous. It can manifest itself due to a purulent fusion of the prostate, trauma to the prostate, as well as complications of the inflammatory process with hyperplasia. In this case, healing is complicated (surgical intervention is often required).
Treatment should be started immediately after the first symptoms of the disease appear. If there are at least some, albeit insignificant, problems with urination, which in some cases are accompanied by an increase in body temperature and pain in the area of simplicity, you need to immediately make an appointment with a urologist to clarify the diagnosis. It is imperative to pay attention to the signs of pathology described above, since a quick and painless fight against prostatitis is possible only with timely treatment.