Obesity, Exercise and Prostate Health

Exercise and weight loss have a significant impact on overall prostate health including reducing your risk of cancer, BPH and prostatitis. Maintaining a healthy weight and getting enough exercise is also fundamental to recovery after prostate treatment. Exercise increases your immunity and overall wellness while maintaining a healthy weight decreases your the inflammation response in your body that can cause or contribute to prostate disease.

Obesity and Prostate Health

The journal Cancer released a report on obesity and prostate cancer. It stated that that “men who have prostate cancer have more than double the risk of dying of the disease if they are obese than if they were of normal weight”. This threat of death remained regardless of whether the men underwent radical prostatectomy or hormone therapy, if they had low- or high-grade cancer, or if the cancer had spread.

The study noted that men who had been obese one year before receiving their diagnosis were 2.6 times more likely than men who had a normal BMI to die of prostate cancer. The odds were even worse for men who were diagnosed with prostate cancer that had not spread far beyond the prostate: those who were obese one year prior to diagnosis were more than three times more likely to have cancer that spread during the study.

Recent studies also shown that heavier patients, or those with the highest body mass index (BMI), also had the largest prostate cancer tumors. They discovered the connection after studying 3,327 patients who had undergone robotic removal of their cancerous prostate glands and surrounding tissue.

Chronic Prostatitis Treatment

If you observe signs of chronic prostatitis, you should immediately see an urologist or andrologist.

Specialist will suggest you to undergo a primary examination which includes analysis for sexually transmitted infections, ultrasound examination of pelvic organs and prostate gland, digital rectal examination.

You should not fear digital rectal examination, because an experienced doctor will not hurt you. This investigation is very informative because it helps to make right diagnosis and find out the degree of the disease.

Digital rectal examination helps the doctor  to determine prostate gland condition and also  helps the doctor to take its secretion for test. Before treatment, in the laboratory will be made bacteriological inoculation of prostatic fluid to determine vulnerability of your microflora to different antibacterial drugs.

Treatment will be ineffective without these examinations and this may lead not to recovery of prostatitis but to passing into a more severe form. Drug treatment of prostatitis is accompanied with prostate massage which helps to reduce stagnant occurrences and improve bloodflow and release of prostate gland secretion.

Unfortunately, modern medicine still cannot solve problem of full treatment of prostatitis. Modern treatment brings the disease to stage of remission (absence of symptoms) for 2 – 3 years, after which treatment should be repeated.

Dangers of Chronic Prostatitis

Most frequently prostatitis develops in chronic form during several years without showing itself. In some cases patient may experience severe pains, unpleasant sensations in crotch spreading to back, genitals or rectum.

Periodically is observed frequent, painful and sometimes difficult urination, slight discharge from the urethra.

Unfortunately, at this stage most males do not pay attention to these signs. How wrong they are! The danger of chronic prostatitis is its spread via urinary system which may result in development of cystitis and pyelonephritis.

Besides this,  prostatitis may result in such complications as vesiculitis (inflammation of seminal vesicles) or orchiepididymitis (inflammation of tescticles and epididymis) which may lead to male infertility.

Besides this, inflammations in prostate gland may cause adenoma or prostate cancer.

After some time prostatitis causes problems with erection. This is associated with involvement into inflammatory process of nerves responsible for erectile function which run via prostate gland.

Chronic Prostatitis

Prostatitis is inflammation of prostate gland. From chronic prostatitis do suffer about 30% of males aged 20 – 50. This is most common urological condition among males.

Depending on the inflammation causes, prostatitis may be divided into two groups:

1. infectious prostatitis that may be caused by different bacteria, viruses and fungal diseases.

2. congestive prostatitis caused by congestion of prostate gland secretion and congestion of blood in veins of this organ. These symptoms are developed in case of irregular sexual life. Venous hyperemia may appear in case of longtime sedentary work (for example, in drivers of motor transport, in workers of brain work), wearing tight underwear and  excess of alcohol.

Besides this, there are other factors causing prostate inflammation such as:

• lowering of body defences
• hormonal disorder
• untreated focuses of infections from where microbes get into prostate gland, thus causing inflammation development

Risks for prostate development as a result of immunity lowering are higher in people who frequently get sick, on the back of nervous overloads, chronic stress, smocking, alcohol. 

All these factors either ease infection entering into prostate gland or lead to aggravation of blood supply in pelvic organs and congestive processes which results in microorganisms reproduction and development of inflammatory process.

Acute Prostatitis Diagnostics

To diagnose acute prostatitis is necessary to undergo digital rectal examination during which doctor identifies that prostate gland is increased and painful.

Besides this, to find infection nature should be made urine culture test. In case of acute prostate, urine test shows increased number of red blood cells, white blood cells, bacteria and protide. Prostate gland secretion test is contraindicated due to severe pain.

Ultrasound examination of prostate gland helps to detect its abscess.

Treatment of acute prostatitis
In bacterial prostatitis are prescribed antibiotics during quite long period of 30 – 90 days. Over shorter period of time the antibiotic would just partially kill the infection in the body which may result in chronic prostatitis. Besides antibiotics also are prescribed anti-spasmatic and anti-inflammatory drugs.

If there was developed abscess of prostate, the only treatment here is surgery during which surgeon opens abscess to remove white matter with further rinsing with antiseptic solution.

In case of non-infectious prostatitis are prescribed heat bath, prostate gland massage and small enema. To relieve from pain it is necessary to take anaesthetics and spasmolytic drugs. It is recommended also to take mild lapactics and drink plenty of water.

Causes of Acute Prostatitis

Prostatitis is characterized with inflammation of prostate gland.

Prostatitis causes
There may be infectious and non-infectious causes of prostatitis. Focus of infection which causes the disease not always may be found. For example, the cause of acute prostatitis development may be a bacterial infection which enters prostate gland via urinary tract. However, prostatitis may be caused by fungal or viral infections.

What are non-infectious causes? Congestion prostatitis develops as a result of secretion congestion in prostate gland and blood congestion in vessels. Bloodshunting may result from irregular sexual life, ongoing stationary work, wearing tight underwear.

Forms of acute prostatitis:
1) catarrhal prostatitis. Major sign is urination disorder.
2) follicular prostatitis. Symptoms are urination disorder, pains in crotch and anus, body temperature rise.
3) parenchymatous prostatitis. Most often it courses in form of prostate gland abscess. Symptoms: fever, chills, body temperature, acute pains in crotch and anus area, behind pubis, frequent painful urinations.

Infection may spread to scrotum causing inflation, redding and pains when touching. More severe complications are pyogenesis in mild tissues of pelvis.

What Is Prostatitis?

Prostatitis is an inflammation of prostate gland. Prostatitis is most common inflammatory disease of genitalia among men of working age. Prostatitis may be acute or chronic, and in some cases is observed   chronic pelvic pain syndrome.

Acute prostatitis shows with signs common for acute diseases such as pain, increased body temperature, chill. These symptoms are followed with different degree of inappropriate urination.

Chronic prostatitis may course without symptoms or incomplete manifestations (non-intensive dull pains in crotch, periodical urination disorders). The danger of the disease is that with time it may lead to such serious problems as potency lowering and infertility in men.

Besides this, prostatitis being the focus of infection may be complicated by inflammatory diseases of other organs of urogenital system, diapyesis of prostate gland and soft tissues of pelvis.

How To Prevent Inflammation Of Prostate Gland

Perhaps there is no man who not fears prostatitis. In the meantime, it is better not to fear it but start preventing it. It is not difficult to prevent inflammation of prostate gland. Learn to do it.

1. Treat infections
One of most common causes of prostatitis are sexually transmitted diseases (STD). Men who do not suffer from such infections never get inflammation of prostate gland. Best way to protect from STD is to use condoms during sexual intercourse, especially when the man has no permanent partner. In case you do not follow this rule it is necessary to go to the doctor, make examinations and perform treatment if needed. Today most infections can be treated.

2. Avoid cold
After you froze over you caught cold – quite common situation for most people. This occurs because overcooling weakens body immune defense and gives infections the possibility to become active. Under the cold action pathogenic bacteria and viruses become more aggressive in prostate gland. That is why men should never seat down on a cold or wet surface and should dress in season. Most dangerous is quick freeze, for example, when a man after sauna goes on freeze. If you like sauna, then it would be better to pour cold water over yourself – this is less dangerous for male health.

3. Make exercises
Prostate inflammation may have non-infectious character. In this case it is caused by congestive occurrences in prostate gland. Last years this kind of prostatitis occurs more frequently than infectious one. The main cause here is sedentary lifestyle which lead most of modern males. In order to improve blood circulation in small pelvis and prostate gland it is necessary to make fitness, especially are healthy aerobic activities such as gentle run, walking, exercises on ellipsoidal fitness equipment. If there is no time for fitness, you should make simple exercises that stimulate blood circulation in small pelvis. In the next article we will talk about exercises for prostate health.

4. Lead regular sex life
Each four days prostate gland produces liquid which is main component of sperm. In order to prevent prostate gland from congestive occurrences it should be released in due time naturally during ejaculation. Therefore it is necessary to make sex not less than twice a week. Sex 3- 4 times a week is perfect for prostate health.

5. Keep to a diet
Your diet should be rich in zinc and selenium. Those minerals do accumulate in prostate gland and protect it from inflammations. Necessary microelements are found in seafoods, pumpkin, berries, chicken meat, rabbit meat, bran bread.

6. See your doctor
Men over 40 should go to the doctor once a year. Before this age there is no need to visit doctor so often.

How To Keep a Healthy Prostate

 A man should keep an active lifestyle in order to be healthy. To avoid problems with prostate a man should get sufficient physical load and live a full sexual life. When a man doesn't make sex, there increases 50 times heart attack risks in him. 

Lack of physical activity strengthens development of negative processes in prostate gland. Sedentary lifestyle dramatically slows down blood circulation in small pelvis which leads to stagnation of the circulation. This results in development of different disorders in prostate gland.

Here are good any general strengthening procedures helping to restore and strengthen work of immune system and other protective systems of the body. Outdoors walking, hydrotherapeutic procedures and cold water treatment are very healthy. Serious physical activity are contraindicated.

Sex has healthy effects on the whole male body. It was proved that making sex 2 – 3 times a week increases by 30% level of immunoglobulin A which responds for antitumor immunity. Regular sexual life prevents dark blood from stagnation in small pelvis and in prostate itself.  

Insufficient blood supply of prostate may lead to development of inflammations and hyperplastic tissue of the gland. During an orgasm vessels get widen and thus blood supply gets increased. Therefore, regular sexual life makes prostate healthy. Sex is a perfect preventive measure against prostatitis and adenoma, and besides this it greatly improves male potency.

Vitamins And Minerals For Prostate Health

Selenium is an effective antioxidant which prevents prostate cells from rapid growth and size increase, strengthens immunity, increases libido and potency in men. Selenium helps to get rid of calculus in prostate gland. Small calculuses are found in 75% of middle-aged males. In case of chronic inflammatory processes,  calculuses may result in scars and prostate gland may get shrink. Selenium fragments calculuses, they get dissolved and soon disappear.

Zinc is an active participant of many enzymatic processes. When prostate gland is increased, zinc helps to reduce its size, lowers clinical implications of prostatitis, takes part in synthesis and metabolism of testosterone. Zinc also helps to increase spermateliosis and sexual potency.

Large amounts of zinc are found in meat, seafood, birds and whole cereals. In prostate gland are found more zinc than in other organs, therefore scientists suppose that zinc deficiency may lead to development of prostate gland diseases.

Zinc also helps to remove inflammations in chronic prostatitis and in this case it would be better to take zinc along with lucerne. In first three days (sometimes even a week) patient suffers from abundant and frequent urination. Taking zinc and lucerne during one month helps to significantly improve the condition and make a full recovery.

Vitamins A, C and E are cellular antioxidants, they strengthen immune system and body resistance to infections, prevents cells from damaging action of free radicals.

If you think that you do not get enough vitamins and minerals with food, you may take multivitamin or mineral supplements. It would be better to take a complex with vitamins and minerals, because well-balanced complex provides better digestion of nutrients which it contains.

Prostate Cancer Myths Revealed

Myth 1. Men with prostate cancer do die but not of it
In fact, each 6th male gets diseased with prostate cancer and each 35th dies of it. With some forms of cancer a male may live for years, however, remember that prostate cancer is second disease among cancers which ends up with death.

Myth 2. There is no need to undergo examination because specialists are not sure in its effectiveness
In fact, main aim of examination is to detect the disease at its early stage when the treatment is still effective. There do exist two methods of examination: PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen) test and digital rectal examination. Specialists do recommend to make both of them.

Normally, small amounts of prostate specific antigen are found in blood. PSA rate in blood do increases in prostate cancer, prostatitis and benign prostatic hyperplasia. Like most tests, PSA test not provides 100% accuracy of diagnosis. In some cases is performed examination with the help of invasive methods such biopsy of prostate gland. On the other hand, PSA test results may be normal even if male has prostate cancer.

Since 1990 when PSA test was introduced in clinical practice, the mortality from prostate cancer was reduced. However, not all specialists think that PSA test is the cause of mortality lowering. Up to now do not stop discussions about the necessity of monitoring health of all males with the help of PSA test. However, men over 50 are recommended to make PSA test. In case man has in his family males (father, brother) who had prostate cancer, he must start examinations at 45 years old.

Myth 3. Man becomes impotent  after prostate gland removal
In fact, prostatectomy is the surgical removal of prostate gland damaged by cancer. Sometimes nerves that control erections may be affected. At first months after surgery most men face different forms of erectile dysfunction. It depends on male age, erection before surgery and way of surgical intervention how long this dysfunction will persist. Surgery that helps to avoid damage of nerves do reduces risks for erectile dysfunction development. If needed, erection may be maintained with injections into penis and special devices.

Myth 4. All men after prostatectomy do suffer from involuntary urination
In fact, involuntary urination is one of side effects of surgical removal of prostate gland. In most men it clears up after several weeks or months after surgery. According to statistics, in 5 years after surgical intervention about 1\3 of men suffer from stress-inducing involuntary urination when laughing and coughing. Serious problems with involuntary urination occur only in 5% of cases. Risk for involuntary urination lowers when surgery is performed by experienced specialists in large cancer centers.

Prostatitis: Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention

Prostatitis Tests
In prostatitis is not performed digital rectal examination, in acute prostatitis patient suffers from pain and such examination impossible to be performed, in chronic prostatitis changes may be presented or may be not.

As a rule, are performed special tests called Meares and Stamey: examination of primary, secondary and final portion of urine. Additionally, the next tests may be performed: spermogram, urethra smear, Transrectal ultrasound investigation of prostate and other examinations.

Prostatitis Treatment
There are many different prostatitis methods of treatment, which vary from taking natural remedies to physiotherapeutic procedures and surgery. In bacterial prostatitis are prescribed antibiotics. Also are used common anti-inflammatory medications, immune system correctors, systematic enzymotherapy, multivitamins, mineral complexes, pollen, royal jelly and other.

Various physiotherapeutic methods are used: electrical stimulation, laser treatment, magnetotherapy, transrectal ultrasonic therapy, phonophoresis, vacuum urethral prostate massage, rectal prostate pneumomassage, radiofrequency hyperthermia.

Chronic asymptomic prostatitis usually not requires treatment.

Prostatitis Prevention
- avoid hypothermia, physical inactivity, overflow of the bladder;
- maintain sexual activity, avoid hyper sexual activity and interrupted sexual relationship;
- avoid excessive use of alcohol, spicey and salty food which may cause defecation disorder, venose plethora pelvis;
- prevent coprostasia;
- urinate at time;
- practice safe sex;
- not overstrain spine bone;

Causes And Symptoms Of Prostatitis

Prostatitis is most common prostate gland disease. This term denotes inflammation of prostate gland, however, in fact this is common notion for various diseases with the next symptoms:
1) pains in pubic and pelvis regions (discomfort and pains in crotch, rectum with pain radiation in testes and penis)
2) pains during or after ejaculation, urination disorder (frequent and painful urination, weakening of urine stream,  sensation of incomplete urinary bladder emptying)
3) sexual disorder

Under mask of prostatitis may course various diseases of prostate gland: prostate cancer, colliculitis, cystitis, urinary tract diseases, vesiculitis, nervous system diseases, locomotorium. In some cases these diseases may threaten male's life.

Major prostatitis causes:
- peculiarities of prostate gland anatomical organization
- chronic inflammatory diseases (chronic bronchitis, tonsillitis, carious teeth)
- immune disorders including those caused by physical or psychological fatigue, junk food
- behavioral factors (general or local supercooling, coprostasia, sedentary lifestyle, longtime sexual continence or vise versa hypernormal sexual activity)

Acute prostatitis symptoms:
- sudden onset of disease
- high body temperature and poor overall health
- strong pains in crotch, above pubis, in penis, anus pains during defecation
- frequent painful urination
- sexual disorders

Chronic prostatitis symptoms:
- pains in genitalia and pelvic regions; pains above pubis and in crotch; pains in rectum with its radiation in testes, penis, crotch, inner sides of thighs; pains during or after ejaculation
- frequent painful urination, weakening of urine stream, sensation of incomplete urinary bladder emptying
- decreased libido, erectile dysfunctions, quick ejaculation or prolonged sexual intercourse, lowering of orgasm intensity
- emissions of urinary tract
- psychological disorders (depression, sleep disorder)

Asymptomic prostatitis
Asymptomic prostatitis is absence of any symptoms of the disease except increased amount of leucocytes. Asymptomic prostatitis may be detected after making laboratory tests and ultrasound investigation. Often such lack of symptoms may be a manifestation of prostate cancer.

Prostatitis Is Most Common Urological Disease Among Men

There are many factors leading to prostatitis development (for example, sedentary work) in our life.

What is prostatitis? Who gets diseased with it?
Prostatitis is inflammation of prostate gland. There are two causes of prostatitis:
- infectious nature
- non-infectious nature
Infection in prostate itself not causes all disease manifestations. Prostate development needs predisposing causes.

Forms and symptoms of prostatitis
Prostatitis may develop suddenly as an acute inflammatory disease with all corresponding symptoms. In acute prostatitis male experiences next symptoms: fever, temperature up to 38 – 39 C, acute pains in crotch, groin, anus area, beyond pubis,  painful urination. However, more often prostatitis develops in chronic form when it not shows itself. In this case prostatitis symptoms mentioned above are absent and only body temperature may be little raised up to 37 C.

What happens if you do not get treatment?
Acute prostatitis if not treated may transform into chronic form. Both acute and chronic forms may cause such complications as prostate gland apostasis, cystitis, pyelonephritis, vesicles and adenoma.  Finally, prostatitis may cause impotency, or even infertility which would be treated hardly.

Prostatitis treatment
Prostatitis treatment constitues a big problem for doctors around the world because this disease is complicated enough to treat especially chronic prostatitis. However, this does not mean that there is no help for the sufferer.

Not in all cases prostatitis is cured but it is possible to remove prostatitis symptoms and trigger steady lasting remission. The duration of this period depends on the patient.  If he follows doctor's recommendations, he gets rid of all prostatitis symptoms forever.

So how prostatitis is treated? Prostatitis treatment should be complex. It includes antibacterial therapy, prostate gland massage, physiotherapy, immune therapy, life style change.  Only this complex treatment leads to desired effects.

Prostatitis preventive measures
Prostate gland inflammation is easier to prevent than to treat. Bring in your life changes useful for prostatitis prevention and this will save you from this disease:
- try not to stay for a long time on freeze
- do not get seated on cold stones
- if you have sedentary work you must stand up each hour and limber up
- get rid of coprostasia
- have regular sex
- treat your diseases
- have regular meals
- make exercises

Prostate Gland Diseases

Prostate gland (prostate) is a male muscular glandular organ. Glandular its part produces specific secretion, and muscular part provides entering of this secretion into sperm during ejaculation.

Sperm secretion is a liquid filled with proteoclastic ferments, which help to diffluence sperm, and amino acids helping to normal semens movement into vesical cervix when sperm enters vagina.

Major prostate problems:
- inflammations (prostatitis)
- benign hyperplasia of prostate gland (adenoma)
- malignant tumor of prostate gland (prostate cancer)

Symptoms of these diseases frequently are alike and in many cases these diseases show themselves at their last stages when treatment is quite difficult. Also do exist a number of pathological conditions of surrounding organs which may imitate prostate disease.

When it makes sense to worry about prostate gland condition?
- dysuric disorders (painful frequent urination at any age)
- pain syndrome (pain in crotch and rectum with radiation into testicles, penis, inner areas of hips; pains during and after ejaculation)
- sexual disorders (disorders of erectile function, lowering of sexual desire). Prostate gland is closely connected with male sexual function what determines its involvement into sexual dysfunction.  However, prostatitis in this case usually plays secondary role and not influences on sex quality.
- infertility with sperm disorders.

Males aged 45 and above should undergo examinations of prostate gland annually even if they do not complain at any urination problems.

Why it is important to know about prostate gland diseases?
First place among cancerous diseases in males occupy prostate cancer which not shows itself at early stages and this presents a grave risk for life and health of patient. However, prostate cancer at early stages may be treated.

Males may overcome prostate diseases if they were diagnosed at early stages and treated adequately.

Prostatitis Symptoms

Prostatitis develops suddenly as an acute inflammatory disease. Prostatitis symptoms:
-  fever
- body temperature 38-39°С
- acute pains in perineum and beyond pubis
- painful urination and defecation

However, frequently acute prostatitis may be developed into chronic form which may not show itself. Patient may have symptoms listed above but may not have them at all.  In case of chronic prostatitis temperature of the body rises up to 37°С, from time to time patient feels pains or discomfort in perineum, discomfort during urination and defecation, and not too well-marked excretas from urethra.

Often prostatitis may result from chronic sexually transmittable diseases (clamidiosis, trichomoniasis, ureaplasmosis). In this case patient suffers from the next symptoms:
- discomfort during urination
- pains in perineum
- excretas from urethra during defecation

Gradual changes in poor medical picture (it means absolute absence of any symptoms) may be not observed by patient. In several months after prostatitis, in most cases, males experience difficulties with erection. This occurs because in inflammatory process get involved nerves that respond for erection and run through prostate gland.

Chronic prostatitis has an negative impact on male well-being making him querulous , grouchy and anxious about his personal condition. And sometimes such behavior is so evident that doctors recommend for an effective prostatitis treatment it is required help of a good urologist and a good psychologist. It is great when one urologist is also a good psychologist.

Prostatitis develops suddenly as an acute inflammatory disease. Prostatitis symptoms:

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  fever


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  body temperature 38-39°С


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  acute pains in perineum and beyond pubis


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  painful urination and defecation

However, frequently acute prostatitis may be developed into chronic form which may not show itself. Patient may have symptoms listed above but may not have them at all. In case of chronic prostatitis temperature of the body rises up to 37°С, from time to time patient feels pains or discomfort in perineum, discomfort during urination and defecation, and not too well-marked excretas from urethra.

Often prostatitis may result from chronic sexually transmittable diseases (clamidiosis, trichomoniasis, ureaplasmosis). In this case patient suffers from the next symptoms:

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  discomfort during urination


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  pains in perineum


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  excretas from urethra during defecation

Gradual changes in poor medical picture (it means absolute absence of any symptoms) may be not observed by patient. In several months after prostatitis, in most cases, males experience difficulties with erection. This occurs because in inflammatory process get involved nerves that respond for erection and run through prostate gland.

Chronic prostatitis has an negative impact on male well-being making him querulous , grouchy and anxious about his personal condition. And sometimes such behavior is so evident that doctors recommend for an effective prostatitis treatment it is required help of a good urologist and a good psychologist. It is great when one urologist is also a good psychologist.

Prostatitis

Prostatitis is one of most common urological diseases causing prostate inflammation. Most often prostatitis affects men of reproductive age 20-50. Major cause of prostatitis is peculiarity of prostate gland anatomy and its blood supply. However, the disease may be caused by infection. Depending on the cause, inflammation of prostate gland may be:
- infectious
- congestive
- mixed

Infection gets into prostate gland from urethra, bladder, rectum, and also it may be transferred via limpha and blood vessels of pelvis. The agents of the disease may be pathogenic or opportunistic bacteria (Proteus, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella, staphylococcus, streptococcus, etc.) or venerean infections (gonococcus, trichomonas, chlamydia, mycoplasma, etc.).

Congestive form of the disease occurs in men with disorder of blood circulation or lymph circulation in pelvic organs, which leads to hormonal changes. Sedentary life-style, low sexual activity, sauna abuse, bad habbits contribute to the reduction of immunity lowering.

In mixed form of prostatitis the inflammation of prostate gland occurs when infection gets into stagnant sperm which is observed in congestive prostatitis.
However, infection not always leads to prostate inflammation development. Next factors are needed for occurring that:
1. Chronic diseases
2. Blood circulation disorder
3. Metabolic disorders
4. Sedentary life-style
5. Lack of sexual activity or, conversely, excessive sexual activity
6. Perineum trauma
7. Hypothermia

Without adequate prostatitis treatment in a male may occur sexual function disorder and changes in spermatoziods formation Prostate inflammation may course without showing symptoms and often men find out about the disease while treatment of other diseases such as urethritis, vesiculitis, urethritis, sexually transmitted diseases.

Facts About Prostatitis

1. Prostatitis may have different causes and not just only one cause.

2. Diagnostics includes detecting the form and stage of the disease. Symptoms in different patients may be common, however, the diagnosis can make only specialist. Do not try to make diagnosis by yourself because you have all chances to be wrong.

3. The clinical course of prostatitis is unstable, sometimes it may aggravate and often it may become complicated. The clinical course even may be resulted in hidden form. Therefore, medical supervision should be permanent.

4. Prostatitis treatment is complex and the most difficult thing is to chose best combination of treatment methods. Do not try to do it by yourself, you should do it along with your doctor. Do not change your doctor after you started your treatment.

5. Getting rid of infection in prostate cannot be considered recovery. The main thing is to get rid of capillary congestion.

6. Complexity and variety of pathological structure of prostate eliminate the probability of invention of a medicine against prostatitis.

7. If was achieved a long remission, do not stop doctor's examinations, because in case of complications you may not notice them by yourself.

8. Some patients think that performing advices of different doctors will help to recover more quickly, but in fact they are wrong, because different recommendations of different doctorss may thwart one another. Chose one doctor and follow just his recommendations.

9. Do not wait quick recovery.  Prostatitis is a serious disease requiring long time for the treatment.

10. Well-ordered sex life is an important background for healing: no extra sex, no long sexual continence.

11. Taking alcohol during prostatitis, even in small quantities, leads to inflammatory process aggravation.

12. Hypothermia, even short one, may lead to aggravation (for example, swimming in the river).

13. Physical activity and sports are good for prostate. Sitting mode of live slows the recovery.

14. Consuming spicy food causes aggravation.

15. Chronic constipations complicate blood circulation in prostate gland, aggravate course of prostatitis and the recovery. To get rid of constipations you should keep to moving mode of living and consume plenty of vegetative fiber.

16. You should know that in prostate appear viruses, which come from urethra where they stay permanently. However, when you change sex partner occurs mutual microbes exchange which leads to deterioration of microflora. This is bad for your prostatitis recovery.

Where Prostate Gland Is Located?

Prostate (Prostate Gland) is male internal generative organ which produces a secretion necessary for sperm protection.

Shape and size of prostate are different in men, and it may change with the increase of years or under influence of particular factors (for example, inflammatory process in prostate). However, even insignificant changes may lead not just to local but also to general disorders.

Major prostate functions:

• seminal fluids production
• participating in sperm ejection during intercourse
• erection
• participating in urine retention

Prostate is located below bladder and it comprises starting areas of urethra, in front of rectum and beyond pubic bones. Such location makes prostate difficult to achieve, so the only way to feel back side of prostate is digital rectal examination.

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Prostate gland has three parts: middle, left back and right back sides. It is made of smooth muscular and glandular tissues. It is surrounded by fibrous capsule which has borders made from connective tissue. Alveolar-tubular glands are joined into acini that represent a network of excretory ducts which are opened on the back side of urethra. There are left and right sperm ejaculatory ducts that run through thickness of all prostate gland.

Upper and lower arteries supply prostate gland with blood. However, low blood flow results not just in development of congestivus changes and also in onset of infection. The most common prostate disease among men of reproductive age is prostatitis. In men over age 50 most common disease is adenoma and prostate cancer.

Prostate Cancer Myths

Myth #1. Diseased with prostate cancer die but not from it

In fact, every sixth man diseases with prostate cancer, but dies of it only every thirty fifth man. There is possible to live with some forms of cancer for years, but do not forget that prostate cancer is a second oncologic male disease with fatal cases.

Myth #2. There is no need to undergo examination because doctors do quarrel about its effectiveness

In fact, the main aim of examination is to detect disease at early stages. There are two kinds of examinations: blood test on Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) and digital rectal examination. Doctors do not quarrel the necessity of both those examinations.

Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) normally is detected in blood in small amounts. The level of PSA usually raises when prostate cancer, and also when prostatitis and innocent hyperplasia of prostate. As most of analysis, PSA-test does not guarantee 100% diagnostic accuracy. In some cases invasive methods are used for examination (prostate biopsy).

On the other side, results of PSA can be normal even when prostate cancer. Since 1990, when PSA was introduced in clinical practice, mortality from prostate cancer is lowered. However, some doctors are not sure that PSA is the reason of that.

Quarrels about necessity of men health examination with PSA still take place. However, the examinations to detect prostate cancer are recommended for men over 50. If your nearest relatives (father, brother, uncle) were diseased with prostate cancer, you should start examinations at 45. Is it worth or not is a personal question.

Myth #3. After prostate removal a man becomes impotent

In fact, prostatectomy is a surgical procedure to remove prostate gland affected with cancer. Sometimes during this operation nerves controlling erection can be affected. After operation most of men face with such a problem as erectile dysfunction. How long problems will last depend on the man's age, erection before operation and on kind of surgical intervention.

The operation allowing to avoid nerves damage lowers risk of erectile dysfunction progress. If necessary, it is possible to keep erection by using penile injections and special devices.

Myth #4. Men after prostatectomy suffer from uroclepsia

The main side effect of prostatectomy is uroclepsia. In most men it occurs after several weeks or months after operation. According to statistics, in 5 years after surgical intercourse about 1/3 of men suffer from high-stress uroclepsia (urine leak when coughing, physical exercises, laughing or sneezing). Only in 5% of cases was registered a serious uroclepsia.

Risk of uroclepsia is lowered when the operation in performed in big oncologic centers under the supervision of qualified specialists.