Not all adult men know how prostatitis manifests itself, so few people pay attention to the initial symptoms of this disease. At the same time, this is one of the most common urological disorders today, so you should definitely become familiar with its characteristics and manifestations. It is widely accepted that the disease is typical of men of mature age, but today this disappointing diagnosis can be made in young people aged 18 to 20 years.
Simplicity is an organ extremely vulnerable to the penetration, development and dissemination of pathogens, therefore, diseases of the bladder, urethral walls, vas deferens and other organs and systems affect negatively.
What is the first thing to know about prostatitis?
To know exactly how to define prostatitis, you must first become familiar with the main characteristics of this disease. It is an inflammatory process located in the prostate. Inflammation is usually caused by infectious microorganisms that can enter the prostate in several ways. At the same time, infection of the prostate does not always indicate the onset of the development of prostatitis. For the pathology to start to manifest, a combination of certain factors is necessary.
Symptoms of prostatitis can begin to appear for the following reasons:
- Stool problems (for example, frequent constipation or other similar illnesses).
- A sedentary lifestyle (at work, at home), little physical activity and stress. In view of this factor, the risk group includes men who carry out various professional activities: drivers, programmers, office workers.
- Body hypothermia (systematic or significant once).
- Prolonged withdrawal (lack of sex life) or very active sex life. The manifestation of signs of the disease is also possible during normal sexual activity.
- Frequent stressful and depressive conditions, disturbances in a person's psychoemotional and psychological context.
- Problems with food intake (overeating, preference for spicy, smoked, salty, alcoholic drinks, lack of at least some type of diet).
What is the most common manifestation of prostatitis?
The treatment of this disease is often not difficult, as prostatitis can be detected already in the early stages, knowing all of its possible manifestations. It should be noted immediately that it is customary to distinguish between chronic and acute forms of pathology.
- If an acute form of the disease begins to develop, the main symptom of prostatitis will be the presence of inflammation in the prostate area. The inflammatory process, in this case, will necessarily be accompanied by an increase in body temperature (often up to 39-39, 5 degrees), pain in the groin and perineum, pain when urinating and defecating.
- The chronic form of the disease, curiously, rarely bothers patients (except in cases of exacerbation). That is why 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, the presence of a relatively small amount of purulent contentor mucous of the urethra. Given the insignificance of such manifestations, many men attribute these symptoms to other pathologies, so treatment and referral to specialists are postponed to the last one.
Signs of disease
The signs of prostatitis in men are very specific and indicative, therefore, knowing them, the patient can independently suspect the manifestations of this pathology, consult a doctor in time and start treatment in a timely manner. There is even a certain syndrome of dysuria, which will clearly indicate a high probability of a pathology in a person. Six main signs can be distinguished at the same time, which in different cases can manifest together or separately.
But in cases where there are 2-3 signs, this already becomes a serious reason for an immediate appeal to the urologist:
- Problems with urination (urination is difficult, urine is released in drops).
- The stream of urine is slow enough, falls down, has short range, the patient is unable to physically strengthen it.
- Pain when urinating.
- Increased duration of urination, division, intermittent flow, spraying in different directions.
- After urinating, the feeling remains that the bladder is not completely empty.
- At night and at night it is necessary to go to the bathroom 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 a very complex pathogenesis, so it is better to entrust the diagnosis to a qualified specialist.
Therefore, it is strictly forbidden to start treatment of the disease, relying only on well-known symptoms. You can clarify the symptoms and how exactly prostatitis manifests itself in men in any urologist, who, to make a diagnosis, will necessarily take into account not only the symptoms that have arisen, but also the results of laboratory and instrumental tests.
Main symptoms
As noted above, the disease can be chronic or acute. Frequent urination is common and one of the most important symptoms. A healthy man usually does not experience more than 10-11 cracks during the day (the normal rate is 5-6 cracks).
As a result of the development of inflammation of the prostate, there is a negative effect on the bladder, therefore, in the presence of the disease, the following symptoms will appear:
- Increase in the number of cracks (while the daily urine volume remains the same).
- The urine comes out in small portions, which is associated with receiving false signals from the bladder receptors due to the presence of an inflammatory process. Therefore, there may also be a feeling that the bladder is full, even after it is emptied.
- Pain when urinating, which is caused by the narrowing of the urethra due to the inflammatory process in the prostate.
- Difficulty urinating due to compression of certain areas of the urethra by inflammation. In some cases, men are unable to empty their bladder because of this.
- At night, the bladder walls begin to emit false signals, which increases the number of trips to the bathroom during sleep.
Prostatitis can be diagnosed in part by monitoring body temperature, along with problems associated with urination. If these problems are accompanied by an increase in temperature to subfebrile and febrile values, then we can talk about the development of the pathology with a high degree of probability. It is important to note that in the later stages of the disease's development, on the contrary, there is a decrease in body temperature to 35, 5-36 degrees, which is an extremely negative and dangerous symptom in any case, which cannot be tolerated.
In the intermediate stages of the disease, blood can be seen in the patient's urine. This feature is relatively rare and often not indicative, but extremely dangerous. It can start to manifest by purulent fusion of the prostate, traumas of the prostate, as well as in cases of complications of the inflammatory process with hyperplasia. The cure in this case is complicated (surgical intervention is often necessary).
Treatment should be started immediately after the first symptoms of the disease appear. If there are at least some, albeit insignificant, it seems, problems with urination, which in some cases are accompanied by an increase in body temperature and pain in the area of simplicity, then you need to make an appointment immediately with a urologist to clarify thediagnosis. It is essential to pay attention to the pathological signs described above, since overcoming prostatitis quickly and painlessly is only possible with timely treatment.