Frequent urination, urgency, pain, and endless urination
Pain in perineum, lumbosacral region, lower abdomen, inner thigh, etc
Decreased sexual function, physical weakness, and lethargy
Get up two or three times a night
Feel your body hollowed out
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Do you also have these unspeakable symptoms?
So you need to care more about your prostate
Decrypting the prostate gland
Inverted Chestnut
The prostate is a unique glandular tissue organ in men, located at the bottom of the bladder, surrounding the proximal urethra, behind the pubic bone, and in front of the rectum, with a shape similar to an inverted chestnut.
Four major functions are indispensable
Constituting the proximal end of the urethra and participating in urination control;
It has an exocrine function, secretes prostate fluid, participates in the composition of semen, and plays an important role in the nutritional support and liquefaction of semen;
It has endocrine functions, secretes various hormones such as thyroid stimulating hormone, adrenocorticotropic hormone, prostaglandins, and is rich in 5a reductase, which is involved in the formation of dihydrotestosterone;
At the same time, the prostate is also an ejaculatory channel, so in general, the physiological function of the prostate includes both urogenital and sexual functions.
Discussion on Prostatitis
Inflammation ≠ Infection
When it comes to inflammation, it is colloquially referred to as "inflammation". Inflammation is different from infection, which is only one cause of inflammation, while many inflammation is not infected.
The medical definition of inflammation is "the defensive response of active tissue with vascular system to injury factors"; The tissue changes after inflammation are local vasodilation, increased vascular permeability, and local inflammatory cell aggregation.
Four types of prostatitis, it is important to distinguish between categories!
This type of acute bacterial prostatitis has an acute onset, accompanied by acute pain in the perineum, scrotum, and urination, and even chills and fever;
Chronic bacterial prostatitis is characterized by chronic recurrent bacterial infections of the urethra or prostate. Examination will reveal elevated white blood cells in the urine after massage. This type of prostatitis accounts for 5% to 10% of patients with chronic prostatitis;
Chronic non bacterial prostatitis, also known as chronic pelvic pain syndrome, is characterized by chronic, long-term, and recurrent chronic pain and discomfort in the perineum, suprapubic, inguinal, and perianal regions. Examination revealed that there was no significant increase in urine leukocytes after massage. This type of prostatitis accounts for 80% to 90% of chronic prostatitis patients;
Patients with prostatitis, such as asymptomatic prostatitis, typically experience an increase in white blood cells in prostate fluid or massaged urine during examinations, but the patient does not have any related autonomic symptoms.
Don't panic! Prostatitis is actually like a cold
Usually, the so-called prostatitis mostly refers to chronic prostatitis, while very few patients suffer from chronic prostatitis caused by bacterial infection. This type of prostatitis requires the use of antibiotics to kill the infectious agent, while most chronic prostatitis is non infectious prostatitis;
Relevant studies have shown that the main pathogenic factor is stasis of blood in the prostate and surrounding pelvic muscles, leading to muscle spasms and peripheral nerve stimulation symptoms. Therefore, this type of prostatitis is mainly symptomatic treatment and maintenance of daily life, diet, and exercise, which can repeatedly occur;
As the saying goes, a man with chronic prostatitis is like a person with a cold, so most friends with prostatitis need not be too anxious.
Saving the prostate
Is it necessary to use antibiotics to treat prostatitis?
Of the four types of prostatitis, only type 1 and type 2 have bacterial infections that require antibiotic treatment. These two types of prostatitis account for 15% of prostate patients, and most prostatitis do not require antibiotic treatment. Therefore, patients with prostatitis must be careful not to overuse unnecessary antibiotics, resulting in unnecessary physical and organ damage.
Why is chronic prostatitis difficult to treat?
One reason is that the capsule of the prostate is very thick, making it difficult for drugs to enter the tissue cells of the prostate; Secondly, most chronic prostatitis is a type of chronic non bacterial prostatitis. As mentioned above, its main pathology is caused by symptoms such as stasis of blood, muscle spasms, and stimulation of peripheral nerves. Therefore, the symptoms are prone to recurrent attacks, resulting in a more difficult cure.