The causes of prostatitis are always "bedded" in men's daily life, very rarely the disease occurs due to serious internal pathologies. Most often, the cause of prostatitis is a common infection of the genitals, which appears as a result of repeated sexual intercourse and due to non-observance of the basic rules of hygiene.
Prostatitis in men is an inflammation of the prostate gland. It is accompanied by many unpleasant subjective feelings and often disrupts a man's quality of life. Prevention is always the most effective way to deal with any disease, but to prevent and completely treat prostatitis, you need to know about its causes.
Occurrence frequency
According to statistics, prostatitis in men is one of the common urinary tract diseases. It occurs in both young and old men. According to some observations, this disease occurs at least once in 30% of men between the ages of 30 and 40, 40% - between the ages of 40 and 50, and 50% - over the age of 50.
In recent years, for a number of reasons, the following trends have been noticed: prostatitis begins to occur at a younger age. Often it is he who is the cause of male infertility.
Progression of the disease
The clinical picture of prostatitis in men is different, it depends on the initial health status in general and the immune system in particular, as well as the characteristics and lifestyle of each individual. The disease can develop asymptomatically for a long time in a young age, but eventually manifests itself as difficulty urinating, sexual dysfunction or infertility.
There are two main forms of prostatitis:
- Infectious.
- Congestive (non-infectious).
Based on this classification, all the causes that cause the development of prostatitis can also be divided into two groups: those that form a concentrated infection in the small pelvis and interfere with blood circulation andlymph in the prostate gland.
Factors causing acute inflammation
The acute process in men has more pronounced clinical manifestations, the symptoms develop suddenly and cause the most unpleasant subjective sensations. Often it is accompanied by the appearance of a high body temperature (38-39 ° degrees).
The most common causes of this pathological condition can be genital infections in the form of cystitis, pyelonephritis, urethritis, as well as sexually transmitted diseases (especially inyoung people).
The most important pathogens of the acute process:
- Escherichia and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
- Klebsiella.
- Protea.
- Intestinal cocci.
- Staphylococcus aureus.
- Trichomonas.
- Skin disease.
Pathogenic enteric bacteria enter the prostate gland through the urethra and from the rectum. In addition, these pathogens can be transmitted from one partner to another during sexual intercourse, and to the question of whether prostatitis is sexually transmitted, one can answerIt is not the disease itself that is transmitted, but the pathogen itself.
What causes chronic inflammation?
The cause of the development of prostatitis in its chronic form can also be of infectious origin. But these are pathogens of a different kind, which cause a slow, asymptomatic disease with a lackluster clinical picture. The temperature in chronic prostatitis is usually normal, rarely the temperature is below the threshold continuously, not exceeding 37. 5 degrees. As a rule, unpleasant symptoms bother men during exacerbations of the disease.
The main reason for the transition from the acute form of the disease to the chronic is due to improper treatment or the complete absence of the disease.
The characteristic causes of prostatitis in a chronic form are:
- Mycoplasmas.
- Chlamydia.
- Ureaplasma.
- Giant cell virus.
- Candida fungus.
Sometimes bacteria or viruses enter the prostate gland with blood flow from other organs affected by the inflammatory process. And then this disease can occur due to tonsillitis, bronchitis, sinusitis or even tooth decay.
Congestive prostatitis is usually chronic. The reasons for its appearance are given:
- Sedentary lifestyle.
- Prostate damage.
- Constipation.
- Sedentary work (especially cross-legged work).
- Frequent hypothermia or overheating of the pelvic area.
- Anatomical features of the prostate gland and urethra.
- Frequent urination.
- Bad habits (alcohol, smoking).
- Sex life is not regular.
Separately, it should be said that the development of prostatitis can provoke masturbation. In men, onanism weakens the tone of the muscles of the prostate gland. As a result, it becomes mushy and atonic, the clinical manifestation of congestive prostatitis.
Masturbation also causes regular blood in the prostate area and as a result blockage in it. Mechanical trauma to the foreskin and glans penis can lead to the development of balanitis. In this case, a direct route to the prostate via the urethra opens up to bacteria.
An appropriate treatment for prostatitis can only be selected when the cause of the disease has been identified.