Prostatitis is one of the most common diseases of the male genitourinary system. With age, the probability of the disease increases; it is believed that at the age of 30, prostatitis is detected in 30% of men, at 40 – in 40%, at 50 years – in 50%, after 50 years, prostatitis is detected in almost every man.

With prostatitis, there are numerous problems with urination, libido decreases and erectile function is disrupted. The saddest thing is that in the absence of competent treatment, about 40% of patients are threatened with some form of infertility, since the prostate gland can no longer produce enough high-quality secretions to ensure sperm motility. It is important to remember that similar symptoms can occur not only with prostatitis, but also with prostate adenoma and cancer.

There are 4 main forms of prostatitis:

• acute bacterial prostatitis,

• chronic bacterial prostatitis,

• non-bacterial prostatitis

• and prostatodynia.

In people younger than 35 years of age, the disease usually occurs in the form of acute bacterial prostatitis. Bacterial prostatitis is called when there is laboratory confirmation of the presence of infection. Most often it turns out to be chlamydia, trichomoniasis, gardnerellosis or gonorrhea.

However, infection does not play a decisive role in the occurrence of prostatitis. With non-bacterial prostatitis, bacteria cannot be isolated, so prostatitis can develop independently, without infection. The main causes of prostatitis are stagnation of secretions in the prostate gland, as well as circulatory disorders in the gland itself and its surrounding organs.

Older patients are more likely to be diagnosed with chronic forms of the disease. Prostatodynia is the presence of a clinical picture of prostatitis, compaction of prostate tissue without signs of its inflammation.

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Factors contributing to stagnation of prostate secretion and circulatory disorders in the pelvic organs, and thereby increasing the risk of prostatitis:

• prolonged sexual abstinence or, conversely, excessive sexual activity, contributing to prostate overstrain;

• work in which you have to be mostly in a sitting position;

• sedentary lifestyle;

• problems with the stool (chronic constipation);

• factors contributing to the penetration of infection into the prostate gland, and thereby increasing the risk of prostatitis:

• prolonged stress;

• general hypothermia of the body;

• chronic alcoholism;

• depressed state of the immune system (it can be a consequence of chronic infectious diseases, overexertion during sports, chronic lack of sleep, poor nutrition, etc.).