Prostatitis is an inflammation of the prostate gland.
Inflammation of the prostate gland (prostatitis) is one of the most common male pathologies. Most often this disease develops at the age from twenty to forty years.
Prostatitis is manifested by painful sensations in the perineum during urination and ejaculation, and sexual dysfunction.
Prostatitis can result from infection or the presence of stagnant phenomena in the prostate. In benign prostate enlargement may develop chronic prostatitis.
Infection can enter the prostate through the urethra during sexual intercourse, hematogenous (in the presence of source of infection) and lymphogenous way (if there is inflammation of nearby organs). Stagnation in the prostate can occur with prolonged sexual abstinence or as a result of frequent interruption of intercourse.
To the development of prostatitis can lead irregular sexual life, sedentary lifestyle, frequent stress, hypothermia, frequent alcohol consumption, etc.
Prostatitis is manifested by frequent urination and can lead to impotence. In acute prostatitis, the body temperature rises to 40 degrees Celsius, urination and defecation difficult as a result of swelling of the prostate gland and the person experiences severe pain in the perineum.
If time does not start treatment of chronic prostatitis, an inflammatory process may move to adjacent organs, resulting in can develop cystitis, pyelonephritis, vesiculitis and epididymitis.
These pathologies can lead to male infertility. Therefore, when the symptoms of prostatitis, you must ask for help to the urologist.
Prevention of prostatitis is of regular sex life, nutrition, exercise, reducing alcohol consumption and timely treatment of infectious pathologies.
