Chronic prostatitis - a scourge of modern men, or a disease they don’t like to notice?
According to statistics, it is the most common disease of the male reproductive system, occurring in both young and old men.
The insidiousness of chronic prostatitis is that in most cases the disease is almost asymptomatic.
A little anatomy. . .
The prostate is a male gland with a volume of 20-30 ml, which, due to the production of antibacterial substances, is a barrier against the penetration of infections into the organs of the urogenital system. It is a type of small valve that prevents sperm from entering the bladder and also produces a fluid that ensures high motility of the sperm.
Determination of prostatitis
Inflammation of the glands is nothing more than inflammation of the prostate. Its size increases, and over time, scar tissue forms due to constant inflammation. What can cause inflammation, consider below, is another matter. . .
How do you know what a patient is?
Each body is unique and the signs of the disease may be different, but long-term observations of patients with chronic prostatitis have allowed doctors to identify the most common symptoms: pain in the groin immediately after ejaculation; urination, accompanied by pain, difficulty in the lower abdomen, orgasm is not expressed, cleared.
Why is this happening?
The prostate is inflamed and any contraction causes discomfort. This complete picture is complemented by rapid fatigue, sleep disturbance and consequent irritability.
Why is?
Cause…
Analyze your life, you may have had or the following:
- Sexually transmitted infections: chlamydia, trichomoniasis. Or pathogens: staphylococcus aureus, E. coli.
- Maybe you’re an office worker and lead a sedentary lifestyle.
- Or constant stress in your life.
- Irregular sex life or its complete absence (leads to stagnant processes in the prostate gland).
- Acute chronic diseases that reduce immunity.
- Power failures. Many experts agree that malnutrition is also an indirect cause of chronic prostatitis.
- Bad habits: alcohol and smoking.
What to do?
If you notice any of the above symptoms, be sure to see a doctor. Under no circumstances should you self-heal, follow the magic tips described on the internet.
Important!
Before choosing a urologist, look at the opinions of the people you have helped, not your ornaments. Read the advice of those treated about a particular clinic in the forums.
Treatment of chronic prostatitis
First, the doctor will record your medical history. Here it is very important to describe what happened to you when the first symptoms of the disease appeared without hiding the details.
In addition, a doctor will prescribe a comprehensive examination to make a correct diagnosis and determine the type of prostate disease.
There are four types of prostatitis:
- Bacterial - very rare, possibly undertreated acute.
- Bacterial inflammation with an infectious agent.
- Without bacterial inflammation.
- Asymptomatic - no symptoms.
Your doctor will prescribe a comprehensive examination. This includes blood and urine tests, various smears, a tactile examination by the doctor to determine the size of the prostate, an ultrasound examination.
Based on body characteristics and research findings, your doctor will prescribe effective treatment for chronic prostatitis.
The road is long, and it is important to understand here that the success of treatment depends not only on medication and prescribed procedures. Success depends largely on your lifestyle.
Are you ready to change your life? Regular exercise, running, walking for men. Be sure to sleep. Healthy food. Avoid cigarettes and alcohol.
Modern technologies for the treatment of chronic prostatitis
The courtyard of the twenty-first century and medicine does not stop there. There are new drugs as well as new methods of painless hardware treatment that have proven successful in clinical trials.
Of the hardware treatments, laser therapy is now widespread. By acting directly on the inflamed tissue, the laser restores blood circulation, gradually removing the scar tissue.
There are virtually no side effects, but there are a number of contraindications, such as: heart disease, epilepsy, diabetes, and a few more.
Transurethral wave therapy is also well established. The bipolar source directs heat energy to the affected area, allowing only the selective warming and destruction of rapidly growing glandular cells while not damaging surrounding tissues.
The goal of treatment is to reduce inflammation and eliminate prostate infection.
Benefits: painless, without anesthesia, single procedure. No side effects were observed.
Another painless treatment for chronic prostatitis is ultrasound. It gives positive dynamics in the work of the gland, reduces scar tissue, promotes tissue regeneration.
But we must remember that in order to achieve a good effect, treatment must be replaced by medication and hardware treatment. Positive dynamics can also be observed with the alternation of several hardware courses for the treatment of prostatitis.
A panacea or a scam?
There are plenty of miracle cures and miracle cures on the internet today to treat chronic prostatitis.
Don’t trust advertising, and even more so self-healing.
This ends in a loss of money at best and delays or even makes recovery impossible in the worst case.
Is it possible to fully recover?
There is no clear answer here. . .
Some doctors promise a full recovery, others say only improving the quality of life is possible.
It’s all up to you to notice the first signs - don’t pull, go through the study.
Even if nothing bothers you, doctors recommend a full examination once a year.
When a diagnosis is made, remember - this is not a sentence. And a positive result of the treatment is possible if you want to, following the prescriptions of doctors and a proper lifestyle.