Thigh pain caused by prostatitis

Prostatitis is a clinical symptom caused by the male prostate being infected by pathogens and/or stimulated by some non-infectious factors, resulting in pelvic pain or discomfort, abnormal urination, etc. Prostatitis is a common disease in adult men, and the incidence rate is higher in adult men under 50 years old. Data show that patients with prostatitis account for 8% to 25% of outpatients in urology. The pathogenesis and medical microbiological changes of prostatitis are not yet clear.

Recently, many experts and scholars believe that prostatitis is not a simple disease, but a prostatitis syndrome (PS). This disease has its own causes, clinical characteristics and prognosis.

Subacute prostatitis: acute onset, with systemic infection symptoms or main manifestations of purulent blood disease, high fever, elevated white blood cell count, frequent and urgent urination, inability to hold urine, painful urination, urethral pain, pain in the vulva and toes, swollen duodenum, difficulty in defecation, and occasionally bladder and neck edema and muscle spasms can cause difficulty in urination and even urine retention.

Chronic prostatitis: Symptoms vary greatly from patient to patient, and laboratory test results are not completely consistent with the patient's active symptoms. Some patients have obvious symptoms, but prostate palpation and semen examination may show no unique findings or only mild changes, while other patients have many pus balls in their semen and hard prostate material, but no symptoms at all. Therefore, the severity of the symptoms may also be related to the patient's mental factors. Common symptoms include:

There may be a burning sensation and ant sensation in the posterior urethra. The pain in the vulva and anus may radiate to the lumbosacral region, groin, supraphalangeal region, male genitals, male testicles, etc., and occasionally to the abdomen. Urinary system symptoms: Inflammation invades the urethral opening. Patients may have slight urinary frequency and urgency, inability to hold urine, and urinary pain. Some patients may also have hematuria. Mucus or purulent secretions may be discharged from the urethral opening before urination in the morning or during defecation. Erectile dysfunction: There may be low libido, erectile dysfunction, premature ejaculation, ejaculation pain, frequent and increased frequency of ejaculation, etc. Some patients have ejaculation bleeding or reduced sperm motility due to inflammation of the ejaculatory duct, resulting in infertility. Neurasthenia symptoms: Because patients lack correct knowledge of the disease or cannot be cured, they may suffer from depression, fatigue, insomnia, etc. Secondary symptoms: Due to the hypersensitivity reaction caused by bacterial endotoxins, conjunctivitis, iritis, arthritis, neuritis, etc. may occur.