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Doctors say that prostatitis is a complex inflammatory process of the prostate gland. Today, this disease is very common among men from twenty to fifty years old. According to statistics, this disease affects after 30 years – 30%, after 40 – 40%, and so on.
The prostate is called the prostate gland, which is part of the male reproductive system. It produces a characteristic secret, consisting of hormones, fats, proteins, carbohydrates, which contributes to the nutrition and protection of spermatozoa. The gland is located directly below the bladder.
Forms of inflammation of the prostate gland
In medicine, there are several forms of prostatitis:
sharp look,
chronic form,
Asymptomatic inflammation.
Inflammation of the gland can go unnoticed and painlessly, but in most cases characteristic symptoms are observed.
Complaints with prostatitis
Most often, with this disease, patients complain of:
Urinary disorders (narrowing of the urinary canal),
intermittent urination,
Frequent urination at any time of the day
Urination in small portions or drops,
Feeling that the bladder is not empty
Urgent urge to urinate
The impossibility of holding on to urges,
Unpleasant or painful sensations in the lower abdomen, inguinal region.
Pain may also indicate other diseases of the reproductive system, for example, prostate adenoma (benign hyperplasia). There are cases of development of cancer of this gland. Therefore, doctors recommend that men who have reached the mark of fifty years or more annually take tests for prostate-specific antigen (PSA).
Causes of prostatitis
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs);
Passive lifestyle (traffic driver, office staff)
Regular hypothermia of the body (most often observed in people involved in extreme sports);
Serious physical and psychological stress;
Impaired circulation in the pelvic region;
Long-term sexual abstinence.
Prevention of prostatitis
Prevention of this unpleasant disease lies in the proper organization of your life in order to exclude the possibility of developing the disease from it. Experts note that if you follow simple and effective rules and recommendations, you can protect yourself from the development of prostatitis.
What should be done to prevent prostatitis:
1.Increase physical activity. You should lead a healthy and active lifestyle to avoid circulatory disorders in the pelvic region. Urologists believe that running and walking, dancing and swimming, volleyball and football, basketball and tennis, light fitness are very useful and have a positive effect on men’s health. Aggravate can: power types (powerlifting, bodybuilding), cycling (due to modern narrow saddles) and a sedentary lifestyle (drivers, office workers).
It is advisable for people with sedentary work to do a “physical education minute”, consisting of walking, bending, jumping, squatting. Excess weight also has a detrimental effect.
2. A prerequisite is diet, which implies limiting oneself to spicy, fatty, salty, smoked, fried, pickled foods. Food should contain a large amount of vitamins and minerals that normalize bowel function and prevent constipation and hemorrhoids. For preventive purposes, it is desirable to consume a sufficient amount of drinking water and not to abuse alcohol (especially beer) and nicotine, which cause great harm to men’s health.
Doctors note that the oils found in nuts, pumpkin seeds and seafood are very beneficial for the prostate. In the daily diet, you can include the use of buckwheat, oatmeal, barley porridge, fermented milk products, as well as as many fruits as possible.
3. Do not forget that prostatitis can provoke STIs (sexually transmitted infections), therefore, during sexual contact, it is imperative to protect yourself. If there is frequent or difficult urination, pain in the perineum, erectile dysfunction, premature ejaculation, then you should immediately contact a specialist doctor for further examinations.
4. And, of course, you need to have a regular sex life. to support and prevent congestive processes and stable blood supply to the prostate gland. The norm for middle-aged people is intercourse two to three times a week, but no more than one a day. Coitus interruptus and frequent change of partners are also pests of men’s health.
How else to prevent the development of prostatitis?
To be calm for your male power, you should visit a urologist at least once a year, even in the absence of any symptoms of the disease. This is especially true for those men who abuse spicy and smoked foods, have diseases of the rectum, suffer from constipation, lead a sedentary lifestyle. If the patient had a history of sexually transmitted diseases, then visiting a doctor should become a habit.
Most often, men do not give a look when something hurts them, but it happens that it will press so hard that you will inevitably go to the hospital. This is where it turns out that prostatitis has already taken a chronic course. It will have to be treated for at least 1-2 months, but without guarantees of re-inflammation. Acute prostatitis is easily treated with medication.