Post Date April, 15 2023
After suffering from prostate disease, men generally experience frequent urination, urgency, and other symptoms. Specific symptoms may vary depending on the disease. These simple symptoms are not sufficient to diagnose prostate disease. We need to conduct a series of scientific examinations to confirm the diagnosis. So, what are the examinations for prostatitis??
1. Digital rectal examination
The prostate is plump, enlarged, soft, and slightly tender. "If the disease lasts a long time, the prostate gland will become smaller, harder, uneven in texture, and have small nodules.". At the same time, the method of prostate massage is used to obtain prostate fluid for a routine examination.
2. Prostate fluid examination
Prostatitis can be diagnosed by having more than 10 white blood cells in the prostatic fluid and a decrease in lecithin bodies in the high magnification field of the microscope. If bacterial culture is conducted simultaneously, a clear diagnosis and classification of chronic prostatitis can be made. If the bacterial culture result of prostatitis fluid is positive, chronic bacterial prostatitis is diagnosed; On the contrary, it is chronic non bacterial prostatitis.
3. B-ultrasound examination
It shows that the boundary of prostate tissue structure is unclear and disordered, which can indicate prostatitis. Through the above several examinations, we can make a diagnosis, differentiation, and classification of prostatitis.
4. Urodynamic examination
The main manifestations include a decrease in urinary flow rate, incomplete relaxation of the bladder neck-urethral sphincter muscle, and an abnormal increase in the maximum urethral closure pressure.
In addition to clinical manifestations, digital rectal examination can touch the swollen and plump prostate, with significant tenderness. When there is abscess formation, both glandular lobes are asymmetric and may have localized fluctuations. Manlong Liquid believes that prostate massage should be avoided during the acute phase to prevent infection from spreading to the epididymis and testis, or bacteria entering the blood causing bacteremia. Urethral secretions can be smear stained for microscopic examination and bacterial culture. Microscopic examination of urine often involves more red blood cells or piles of pus cells. The first cup of urine in the three cup test was slightly mixed, and microscopic examination showed white blood cells. The second cup of urine was clear, without white blood cells. The third cup of urine was turbid, with a large number of white blood cells and pus cells.
Prostatitis is a frequently-occurring and common disease for men. Through the above examination methods, it can be determined whether it is a male prostatitis disease. However, the current medical treatment of prostatitis is not optimistic. In fact, with the continuous development of medicine, many methods have achieved significant therapeutic effects in treating prostatitis. As long as patients establish confidence in overcoming the disease and cooperate closely with doctors, they can cure prostatitis and start a new life.
