Why does prostatitis occur in young men?

Prostatitis is a degenerative-dystrophic lesion of the prostate inflammatory-infectious and other possible genesis. Literally 20-30 years ago the main contingent of urologists with complaints about symptoms of prostatitis was elderly men. In our days, few people can be surprised by 20-year-old men with a lesion of the gland in the active phase.

If you believe the data of medical statistics, after 25 years of illness occurs in 30-35% of men. During this period, the disease only grows and its manifestations are so meager that a man does not even suspect that he is sick. It's a huge number. As we move forward to the older age groups, the incidence rate is growing at a tremendous rate. Among 70-80-year-olds it is easier to specify who has no prostatitis.

Prostatitis is an inflammatory-degenerative lesion of the prostate

Causes of the disease at a young age

In the vast majority of cases, pathological development factors are secondary, subjective. In practice, doctors meet with the following causes of disease formation:

• Unserious nutrition. Adult people are more responsible about what they eat. Young are not inclined to think about proper nutrition. Moreover, many do not have any opportunity to fully eat. The course is fast food, snacks on the go. As a result of such a blasphemous attitude towards one's own body, prostatitis begins. Especially harmful are fatty foods, excess salt, spices.
• Hypo- and hyperdynamics .Patients of younger age fall into two extremes. The first constantly sit. In many respects this is due to the nature of the professional activity. Others, wishing to receive relief muscles, exhaust themselves to exhaustion in gyms. Both that, and another affects on man's health and work of a prostate.
• Smoking, drinking alcohol .Cigarettes cause stenosis of the gland vessels and disrupt its nutrition. Alcohol is also good only in moderation.
• Nature of leisure .Cycling, etc. Negatively affect the health of the prostate.
• Redundancy and deficiency of sexual life .If insufficiency is the lot of older people, then redundancy is just a weighty factor. The fact is that frequent promiscuous sexual relations increase the risk of entry into the urinary tract of pathogenic organisms. They do not necessarily cause serious illnesses. It can be about carrier. But, hitting the prostate, such infectious agents become a time bomb. Any deviation, like weakening immunity, hypothermia - and it will explode. In addition, frequent sexual acts( including in the form of masturbation) can lead to the development of varicocele. A varicocele, in turn, leads to massive congestion in the pelvic area and prostatitis.

Other variants are possible.

Features of the course of the disease in the young years

The main distinguishing feature of prostatitis developing in young years is the nature of the course of the process. Very rarely the disease manifests itself in the acute phase. The clinical picture, as a rule, is blurred. Symptomatic is scanty or completely absent. However, even in such a mild form, an acute process takes place. Treatment, of course, is not carried out. Minimal discomfort man writes off anything, not suspecting what is the root of evil. As a result, the disease becomes chronic and becomes a constant companion of the unfortunate patient.

At a fair share of attention, nevertheless it is possible to reveal a pathology by own strength. People who are sexually active have a better chance of reacting in a timely manner. The fact is that the leading symptom of organ damage is a violation of potency. Change in the ability to commit sexual intercourse acquires a dual character:

• On the one hand, the erection becomes weak, sluggish. Not available in the morning. In severe cases, complete impotence occurs.
• On the other hand, the erection may persist, but, as soon as it starts, the sexual interruption ends as a result of premature ejaculation.

Violations of urination are expressed in an insignificant degree. There may be frequent false urge to empty the bladder. This symptomatology is limited.

Examination of young people

Prostatitis is dangerous not for life, but for sexual health. Erectile dysfunction is only half the problem. What's more terrible is the fact that prostatitis deprives a healthy young man of the opportunity to have offspring in the future. In order not to lose fertility, it is necessary to undergo regular preventive examinations. Diagnosis of problems with the gland is done by urologists.

Because the symptoms are scarce, routine methods, like asking a patient and collecting an anamnesis, give little information. Therefore, most often the urologist begins the procedure with a digital rectal examination. This method allows you to assess the size of the body, its structure.

The analysis of the secretion of the prostate gland is mandatory. To assess the presence or absence of infertility, a spermogram is performed. The point in the question of the presence of a lesion of the prostate is to put an ultrasound study.

Is it possible to cure prostatitis?

No doubt, you can cure prostatitis. But in the case of a chronic and long-running process, it is not so easy to do. Therapy is mainly medicamentous. Prescribed drugs of several groups:

• Spasmolytic .They remove muscle spasm muscular part of the prostate gland. Provide normal contractility of the body. In addition, antispasmodics stop the pain syndrome.
• Analgesics .Relieve pain.
• Alpha-adrenoblockers ( see here).They stop spasms, relax the muscles of the urinary tract and normalize the outflow of urine.
• Antibacterial drugs ( see here).Applied only with proven infectious origin of the disease. Preparations of the widest possible spectrum of action are shown.
• Phytotherapeutic .

It is not easy to cure prostatitis, systematic complex therapy is required.

Preventative measures

As already mentioned, a man is able to prevent the development of the disease. It's not that hard. It is enough to adhere to simple rules :

• Maintain a regular sexual life without excesses. It is desirable with a constant partner. It is important to avoid penetration into the urinary system of infections, especially venereal infections.
• It should be fully nourished.
• Avoid overcooling. Keep the immune system toned.
• It is mandatory to undergo prophylactic examinations every urologist every six months or a year.
• Do not overwork physically.

Prostatitis occurs at an earlier age much more often than is commonly thought. The fact that the disease in young years is in a latent form, so almost invisible. However, at any time, the pathology may appear in all its glory. In addition, complications will develop in the same way as with acute prostatitis. A young person runs the risk of losing sexual health. That this does not happen, it is worth to listen carefully to your own organism and at the first doubt to go to the doctors.

Read more: More details about chronic prostatitis: symptoms and treatment of pathology

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