What is the difference between prostatitis and prostatic hyperplasia?

There are many prostate diseases, the most common of which are prostatitis and prostate hyperplasia. Because many men have little knowledge about this, they think that prostatitis is prostate hyperplasia, but in fact, these are two different diseases. So, what is the difference between prostatitis and prostate hyperplasia?

First, understand the main symptoms of prostatitis:

pain:

The main symptoms are that patients with prostatitis feel pain or discomfort in the bladder area, pubic area or perineum area in the lower abdomen. Some patients experience bloating, while others experience testicular discomfort or cramping.

Sexual dysfunction:

Different patients with prostatitis have different changes in sexual function, and the degree is also different, but the main manifestations are concentrated in two points. One is the decrease in sexual desire or even no sexual desire, and the other is the decline in erectile function. Some patients can't even get an erection at all.

General discomfort:

The symptoms are usually sudden fever, chills, fatigue, loss of appetite, nausea, and vomiting. When the disease suddenly occurs, systemic symptoms may cover local symptoms. In addition, the urinary system also has obvious irritation symptoms, such as frequent urination, urgency, urethral burning, dribbling urine, and purulent urethral discharge.

Let’s analyze the symptoms of prostate hyperplasia:

Frequent urination:

The increase in the frequency of nocturia is more clinically significant. Generally speaking, the frequency of nocturia is often parallel to the severity of prostatic hypertrophy. When an elderly person who used to not get up at night urinates 1-2 times at night, it often reflects the onset of early obstruction.

Urinary retention:

In patients with advanced prostatic hypertrophy, when the obstruction is severe, acute urinary retention may occur due to the inability to excrete urine due to cold, drinking, holding urine for too long, or infection. Hematuria: Blood vessels on the mucosal surface dilate or even rupture, causing bleeding, which manifests as hematuria.