Not all adult men know how prostatitis manifests itself, so few people pay attention to the early symptoms of the disease. Along with this, this is one of the most common urological pathologies today, so it is imperative to familiarize yourself with its features and manifestations. It is widely believed that the disease is typical of middle-aged men, but today this disappointing diagnosis can be made in fairly young people between the ages of 18 and 20.
Simplicity is an organ extremely vulnerable to the penetration, development and spread of pathogens. Therefore, it is negatively affected by diseases of the bladder, walls of the urethra, vas deferens and other organs and systems.
What's the first thing to know about prostatitis?
To know exactly how to define prostatitis, you must first familiarize yourself with the main features of this disease. It is an inflammatory process located in the prostate. Typically, inflammation is caused by infectious microorganisms that can enter the prostate in various ways. At the same time, infection of the prostate will not always indicate the onset of the development of prostatitis. In order for the pathology to begin to manifest itself, a combination of certain factors is necessary.
Symptoms of prostatitis may start to appear for the following reasons:
- Problems with bowel movements (for example, frequent constipation or other similar illnesses).
- A sedentary lifestyle (at work, at home), little physical activity and stress. Considering this factor, the risk group includes men engaged in various professional activities: drivers, programmers, office workers.
- Hypothermia of the body (systematic or occasional).
- Prolonged abstinence (lack of sex life) or overly active sex life. The manifestation of signs of the disease is also possible during normal sexual activity.
- Frequent stressful and depressive conditions, disorders of the psycho-emotional and psychological environment of a person.
- Problems with food intake (frequent overeating, preference for spicy, smoked, salty foods, alcoholic drinks, lack of at least one kind of diet).
How common is prostatitis?
Treatment of this disease is often not difficult, since prostatitis can be detected in the early stages, knowing all its possible manifestations. It should be noted right away 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 area of the prostate. 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, urination and defecation.
- The chronic form of the disease, oddly enough, 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, thethe presence of a relatively small amount of purulent or mucous contents of the urethra. Given the insignificance of these manifestations, many men attribute these symptoms to other pathologies, as a result of which treatment and referral to specialists is postponed to the last.
Signs of illness
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 begin treatment in a timely manner. There is even a certain syndrome of dysuria, which will clearly indicate a high probability of pathology in a person. There are six main signs at the same time which, in different cases, can manifest themselves all 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 (it is difficult to urinate, urine is released in drops).
- The urine stream is rather slow, falls downward, has a short range, the patient cannot strengthen it physically.
- Pain during urination.
- Increased duration of urination, splitting, intermittent flow, spraying in different directions.
- After urinating, the feeling remains that the bladder is not completely empty.
- In the evening and at night, it becomes necessary to go to the bathroom more often.
If a man exhibits any of these signs, you should not draw any sudden clinical conclusions. This is due to the fact that regardless of the symptoms that appear, prostatitis has a fairly complex pathogenesis, therefore it is better to entrust the diagnosis to a qualified specialist.
Therefore, it is strictly forbidden to start the treatment of the disease, based only on well-known symptoms. You can clarify the symptoms and how prostatitis manifests itself in men at any urologist, who, in order to make a diagnosis, necessarily take into account not only the symptoms that have arisen, but also the results of laboratory and instrumental studies.
Main symptoms
As noted above, the disease can be chronic or acute. Frequent urination is a common symptom and one of the most important. A healthy man usually does not experience 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, a negative effect on the bladder occurs. Therefore, in the presence of the disease, the following symptoms will appear:
- Increased number of pulses (although daily urine volume remains the same).
- Urine comes out in small portions, which is associated with receiving false signals from bladder receptors due to the presence of an inflammatory process. Also, therefore, there may be a feeling that the bladder is full even after emptying.
- Painful sensations during urination, caused by the narrowing of the urethra due to the inflammatory process of the prostate.
- Difficulty urinating due to the compression of certain areas of the urethra with inflammation. In some cases, men cannot empty their bladder at all because of this.
- At night, the walls of the bladder begin to give false signals, which increases the number of trips to the toilet during sleep.
can be diagnosed in part by monitoring body temperature, as well as problems associated with urination. If these problems are accompanied by an increase in temperature to subfebrile and febrile values, then we can speak with a high degree of probability of the development of 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 is an extremely negative and dangerous symptom in any case, which cannot be tolerated.
In the intermediate stages of the disease, blood may be present in the patient's urine. This characteristic is relatively rare and often not indicative, but extremely dangerous. It can begin to manifest itself due to a purulent fusion of the prostate, trauma to the prostate, as well as with complications of the inflammatory process with hyperplasia. Healing in this case is complicated (surgery is often necessary).
Treatment should be started immediately after the first symptoms of the disease appear. If there are at least some problems with urination, albeit insignificant it seems, which in some cases are accompanied by an increase in body temperature and pain in the area of simplicity, you should immediately takeappointment with a urologist to clarify the diagnosis. It is imperative to pay attention to the signs of pathology described above, since overcoming prostatitis quickly and painlessly is possible only with timely treatment.