The dangers of urinary tract infection in men

Male urinary tract infection is a common male disease. Many patients with male urinary tract infection always suffer from male urinary tract infection without knowing it. Many patients with male urinary tract infection lack attention to this disease, so once they suffer from male urinary tract infection, they do not seek treatment, which will eventually cause greater harm to the body.

Therefore, male friends should be aware of the dangers of male urinary tract infection, which will help male friends to prevent and treat male urinary tract infection. Let's take a look at the dangers of male urinary tract infection below.

Urinary tract infection, also known as urinary system infection, is an inflammatory response of the urothelium to bacterial invasion, usually accompanied by bacteriuria and purulent urine. Urinary tract infection is divided into upper urinary tract infection and lower urinary tract infection according to the site of infection; it can be divided into isolated or sporadic infection and recurrent infection according to the relationship between the two infections, the latter can be divided into reinfection and bacterial persistence, and bacterial persistence is also called recurrence; according to the state of the urinary tract at the time of infection, it can be divided into simple urinary tract infection, complicated urinary tract infection and urethritis. Urinary tract infection is more common in women, especially in women with active sexual life and postmenopausal women.

1. The harm of male urinary tract infection, that is, endogenous bacteria take advantage of the abnormal structure and function of the host's urinary tract, which weakens the defense ability and causes disease. Urinary tract infection in middle-aged and elderly men may cause other symptoms, and its harm is relatively large. Once this group of people suffer from urinary tract infection, it is often lingering and difficult to cure. Severe urinary tract infection patients may also cause serious consequences such as renal failure and uremia. Generally speaking, although the incidence of male urinary tract infection is lower than that of females, it is not uncommon. After middle age, the number of cases of male urinary tract infection gradually increases, and in old age (after 65 years old), the incidence is roughly the same as that of females. The main reason for the increase in the proportion of urinary tract infection in middle-aged and elderly men is bacterial prostatitis and prostatic hypertrophy. These are all due to the harm of male urinary tract infection.

2. Clinically, there are two reasons why male urinary tract infections keep recurring. The first is that the defense function of middle-aged and elderly people gradually weakens. The urinary tract of normal people has a good defense against the invasion of foreign bacteria. Urine outflow can expel bacteria from the body. Some high-concentration substances in urine, such as urea, and the acidic environment in the urinary tract have the function of inhibiting bacterial growth. As middle-aged and elderly men age, the bladder of male urinary tract infection patients becomes weak, the urination reflex gradually weakens, and there is still a lot of urine in the bladder after urination, and even urine retention occurs. At the same time, their kidneys and urinary tracts undergo degenerative changes, and the local mucosal resistance is low. This is also one of the hazards of male urinary tract infection.

In the above article, we introduced what male urinary tract infection is. We know that male urinary tract infection poses a great threat to the physical health of male friends. Male friends often do not actively treat male urinary tract infection. In fact, the harm of male urinary tract infection is very great. The above article introduces the harm of male urinary tract infection in detail.