The causes of prostatitis always "lie on the surface" of men's daily lives and very rarely the disease occurs due to serious internal pathologies. The most common cause of prostatitis is a common infection of the genitourinary system, which occurs from repeated sexual intercourse and 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 impairs a man's quality of life. Prevention has always been the most effective way to deal with any disease, but to prevent and properly treat prostate inflammation, you need to know the reasons for it.
Frequency of occurrence
According to statistics, prostatitis in men is one of the most common urological diseases. It occurs in men both at a young age and in old age. According to a number of observations, this disease occurs at least once in 30% of men aged 30 to 40 years, in 40% - aged 40 to 50 years and in 50% - over 50 years.
In recent years, for a number of reasons, the following trend has been observed: prostatitis begins to appear at a younger age. It is often he who causes male infertility.
The course of the disease
The clinical picture of prostatitis in men is different, depending on the initial state of health in general and the immune system in particular, as well as individual characteristics and lifestyle. The disease may develop asymptomatically for a long time at a young age, but will eventually manifest 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 prostatitis can also be divided into two groups: those that form a focus of infection in the pelvis and impede blood circulation and lymph in the prostate.
Factors that provoke acute inflammation
The acute process in men is more clinically pronounced, the symptoms develop suddenly and cause the most unpleasant subjective sensations. It is often accompanied by the appearance of high body temperature (38-39 ° degrees).
The most common causes of pathological conditions of this nature can be urogenital infection in the form of cystitis, pyelonephritis, urethritis, as well as sexually transmitted diseases (especially in young people).
The most significant causes of the acute process:
- Escherichia and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
- Klebsiella.
- Proteus.
- Enterococci.
- Staphylococcus aureus.
- Trichomonas.
- gonorrhea.
Pathogenic intestinal bacteria enter the prostate through the urethra and rectum. Also, these pathogens can be transmitted from partner to partner during sexual intercourse, and the question of whether prostatitis is sexually transmitted can be answered that it is not the disease itself that is transmitted, but its pathogens.
What causes chronic inflammation?
The reasons for the development of prostatitis in its chronic form can also be of infectious origin. But these are pathogens of various kinds, they cause asymptomatic, slow disease with an unclear clinical picture. The 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 from the acute form of the disease to the chronic one is the incorrect treatment or its complete absence.
The typical 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 this disease can occur due to tonsillitis, bronchitis, sinusitis or even tooth decay.
Stagnant prostatitis is most often chronic. The reasons for its occurrence are provoked:
- Sedentary way of life.
- Prostate damage.
- constipation.
- Sedentary work (especially cross-legged work).
- Regular hypothermia or overheating of the pelvic area.
- Characteristics of the anatomical structure of the prostate and urethra.
- Frequent urinary retention.
- Bad habits (alcohol, smoking).
- Irregular sex life.
Separately, it should be said that the development of prostatitis can cause masturbation. In men, masturbation weakens the tone of the muscles of the prostate gland. As a result, it becomes relaxed and atonic, which is clinically manifested by congestive prostatitis.
Masturbation also provokes frequent influxes of blood in the prostate area and, as a result, congestion in it. Mechanical trauma to the foreskin and glans penis can lead to the development of balanoposthitis. In this case, a direct pathway to the prostate is opened through the urethra to bacteria.
It is possible to choose an adequate treatment for prostatitis only when the causes that caused it are identified.