What harm does chronic prostatitis cause in men?

Many people say that the prostate is a man's "life gland", which is indeed true. How can a healthy man have problems with the prostate? So what harm will chronic prostatitis cause?

1. Chronic seminal vesiculitis: This is the most common complication of chronic prostatitis. The seminal vesicles are on both sides of the prostate, and there are ducts connecting them. Therefore, during the course of chronic disease, inflammation spreads along the ducts. The two often exist at the same time and affect each other. Over time, it can obviously lead to male sexual dysfunction, or symptoms such as hematospermia and ejaculation pain.

2. Erectile dysfunction: Some patients suffer from stagnation of qi and blood due to damp heat or long-term inflammation. In addition, the psychological tension of the patients makes them afraid to have sex, which affects the normal sexual function and causes different degrees of impotence. Chronic prostatitis can cause loss of libido, ejaculation pain, premature ejaculation, and affect the quality of semen. White discharge from the urethra after urination or defecation may also occur. Hematospermia may occur when combined with seminal vesiculitis.

3. Leading to male infertility: Prostatic fluid is an important component of semen. Once the prostate is inflamed, the glandular secretion fluid will increase due to inflammatory exudates and reduce zinc, which will affect the quality of semen. For example, poor semen liquefaction will lead to decreased sperm motility and activity rate, which will affect conception.

4. Leading to neurasthenia: Many patients with chronic prostatitis have a series of symptoms of neurasthenia due to their unique personality traits and character tendencies, such as suspicion, oversensitivity, and excessive concern for the inner experience brought about by physical changes, such as insomnia, multiple physical discomforts, backache and weak legs, mental fatigue, dizziness, and memory loss. In traditional Chinese medicine, prostatitis is caused by dampness and heat in the lower part of the body, and the corresponding treatment should be given to clear away heat and promote dampness; as for pain, traditional Chinese medicine believes that if the body is unblocked, there will be no pain, and if there is pain, it is mainly due to qi stagnation and blood stasis, and the treatment needs to adopt a blood-activating and stasis-removing prescription.