The causes of prostatitis always "stay on the surface" of the daily life of men and very rarely the disease appears due to severe internal pathologies. Most often, the cause of prostatitis is a banal genitourinary infection, which is manifested by multiple sexual intercourse and non-compliance with basic rules of hygiene.
Prostatitis in men is an inflammation of the prostate gland. It is accompanied by a lot of unpleasant subjective sensations and often disrupts a man's quality of life. Prevention has always been the most effective way to cope with any disease, but to properly prevent and treat prostate inflammation, you need to know about its causes.
Frequency of display
According to statistics, prostatitis in men is one of the most common urological diseases. Occurs in both young and old men. According to a number of observations, this disease occurs at least once in 30% of men from 30 to 40 years, in 40% - in the age of 40 to 50 years and in 50% - over the age of 50 years.
In recent years, for a variety of reasons, the following trend has been observed: prostatitis begins to appear at a younger age. It is often the one that causes male infertility.
The course 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 on individual characteristics and lifestyle. The disease can develop asymptomatically for a long time at a young age, but will eventually reappear again as difficulty urinating, sexual disorders or infertility.
There are two main forms of prostatitis:
- Infectious.
- Congestive (non-infectious).
Based on this classification, all causes of prostate development can also be divided into two groups: those that form an infection center in the pelvis and impede blood and lymph circulation to the prostate gland.
Factors that provoke acute inflammation
The acute process in men is clinically more 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 ° C).
The most common causes of a pathological condition of this nature can be a genitourinary infection in the form of cystitis, pyelonephritis, urethritis, as well as sexually transmitted diseases (especially in young people).
The most important causative agents of the acute process:
- Escherichia and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
- Klebsiella.
- Protea.
- Enterococci.
- Staphylococcus aureus.
- Trichomonas.
- Gonorrhea.
Intestinal pathogenic bacteria enter the prostate through the urethra and rectum. Also, these pathogens can be transmitted from partner to partner during sexual intercourse and when asked if prostatitis is sexually transmitted, we can answer that it is not the disease itself that is transmitted, but its pathogens.
What causes chronic inflammation?
Causes of developing prostatitis in its chronic form can also be of infectious origin. But these are pathogens of a different kind, they cause an asymptomatic, slow disease with a faint clinical picture. The temperature in chronic prostatitis is most often normal, rarely constant subfebrile, no more than 37, 5 degrees. As a rule, unpleasant symptoms bother men during an 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:
- Mycoplasma.
- 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 caries.
Congestive prostatitis is most often chronic. The reasons for his appearance are provoked:
- Sedentary lifestyle.
- Prostate injury.
- 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 holding of urine.
- Bad habits (alcohol, smoking).
- Irregular sex life.
Separately, it must be said that the development of prostatitis can cause masturbation. In men, onanism weakens the muscle tone of the prostate gland. As a result, he becomes weak and atonic, which clinically manifests with congestive prostatitis.
Masturbation also provokes frequent blood flow to the prostate area and consequently, overload in it. Mechanical trauma to the foreskin and penis can lead to the development of balanoposthitis. In this case, a direct path to the prostate through the urethra opens up for bacteria.
It is possible to choose an adequate treatment for prostatitis only when the causes that caused it are established.