The cause of prostatitis is always "lying on the surface" of men's daily lives, and very rarely the disease occurs due to serious internal pathology. Often, the cause of prostatitis is a superficial genitourinary infection, which arises from various sexual intercourse and from non -compliance with basic hygiene rules.
Prostatitis in men is an inflammation of the prostate gland. It is accompanied by many unpleasant subjective sensations and often interfere with a man’s quality of life. Prevention has always been the most effective way to deal with any disease, but to prevent and treat prostate inflammation properly, you need to know about the cause.
Frequency of occurrence
According to statistics, prostatitis in men is one of the most common urological diseases. It occurs in men at a young age and in the elderly. According to some observations, the disease appears at least once in 30% of men from 30 to 40 years, in 40% - at the age of 40 to 50 years, and in 50% - aged over 50 years.
In recent years, for several reasons, the following trend has been observed: prostatitis begins to occur at a younger age. It is often he who causes male infertility.
The journey of the disease
The clinical picture of prostatitis in men is different, it depends on the initial state of health in general and the immune system in particular, as well as individual characteristics and lifestyle. The disease can develop asymptomatically for a long time at a young age, but in the end it will still manifest itself as difficulty urinating, sexual dysfunction or infertility.
There are two main forms of prostatitis:
- infectious.
- Congestive (non -infectious).
Based on this classification, all causes of the development of prostatitis can also be divided into two groups: those that form the focus of infection on the small pelvis and impede blood and lymph circulation in the prostate gland.
Factors that trigger acute inflammation
The acute process in men is clinically more pronounced, the symptoms develop suddenly and cause the most unpleasant subjective sensations. Often it is accompanied by the appearance of high body temperature (38-39 ° degrees).
The most common cause of such pathological conditions can be genitourinary infections in the form of cystitis, pyelonephritis, urethritis, as well as venereal diseases (especially in young people).
The most obvious causative agents of the acute process:
- Escherichia and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
- Klebsiella.
- Protea.
- Enterococci.
- Staphylococcus aureus.
- Trichomonas.
- Gonorrhea.
Pathogenic intestinal bacteria enter the prostate through the urethra and from the rectum. Also, this pathogen can be transmitted from partner to partner during sexual intercourse, and to the question of whether prostatitis is sexually transmitted, one can answer that it is not the disease itself that is transmitted, but the pathogen.
What causes chronic inflammation?
The causes of the development of prostatitis in its chronic form can also be of infectious origin. But this is a pathogen of a different type, it causes asymptomatic, damp disease with a dim clinical picture. Temperature in chronic prostatitis is most often normal, rarely constant subfebrile, not exceeding 37. 5 degrees. As a rule, unpleasant symptoms bother men during the exacerbation of the disease.
The main reason for the transition of the acute form of the disease to the chronic one is improper treatment or its complete absence.
The characteristic causes of prostatitis in its chronic form are:
- Mycoplasmas.
- Chlamydia.
- Ureaplasma.
- Cytomegalovirus.
- Candida.
Sometimes bacteria or viruses enter the prostate with blood flow from other organs affected by the inflammatory process. And then the disease can occur due to tonsillitis, bronchitis, sinusitis or even caries.
Congestive prostatitis is often chronic. The reasons for the incident were provoked:
- Sedentary lifestyle.
- Prostate injury.
- constipation.
- Sedentary work (especially cross -legged work).
- Frequent hypothermia or overheating of the pelvic area.
- Structural features of the anatomy of the prostate and urethra.
- Frequent urinary retention.
- Bad habits (alcohol, smoking).
- Irregular sexual life.
Separately, it should be said that the development of prostatitis can lead to masturbation. In men, masturbation weakens the muscle tone of the prostate gland. As a result, it becomes flaccid and atonic, which is clinically indicated by congestive prostatitis.
Masturbation also triggers frequent blood flow in the prostate area and, consequently, congestion in it. Mechanical trauma to the foreskin and glans of the penis can lead to the development of balanoposthitis. In this case, the direct passage to the prostate through the urethra opens up for bacteria.
It is possible to choose an adequate treatment for prostatitis only when the underlying cause is established.