What is the difference between prostatitis and prostatic hyperplasia?

Modern people are under great competition pressure, so they have no time to work. It is very common to stay up late and work overtime. Therefore, some "red light" warnings will appear in the body of male friends, such as pain in the prostate area, urinary urgency and other discomforts. If you think you have prostatitis, you will use some anti-inflammatory drugs at will and treat it without authorization. In the end, the treatment is ineffective, which causes various complications. So, what are the differences between prostatitis and prostatic hyperplasia? We will make a distinction based on symptoms.

First, let us understand the main symptoms of prostatitis:

1. Pain mainly manifests as pain or discomfort in the lower abdomen bladder area, pubic area or perineum area felt by patients with prostatitis. Some patients experience bloating, while others experience testicular discomfort or cramping.

2. Sexual dysfunction: Different prostatitis patients have different sexual function changes, 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; the other is the decline in erectile function, and some patients even have erectile dysfunction.

3. General discomfort is generally manifested as 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.

Next, let's analyze the symptoms of prostate hyperplasia. If elderly men have the following symptoms, they should highly consider prostate hyperplasia.

1. Frequent urination. Increased nocturnal urination is more clinically significant. Generally speaking, the number of nocturnal urinations is often parallel to the severity of prostate hypertrophy. Elderly people who used to be unable to get up at night now urinate 1-2 times at night, which often reflects the onset of early obstruction.

2. 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.

3. Hematuria: The blood vessels on the mucosal surface dilate or even rupture, causing bleeding, which manifests as hematuria.

After understanding the difference between prostatitis and prostatic hyperplasia, patients who are concerned about their own conditions will probably be able to make the distinction. We hope that patients can go to the hospital for a detailed diagnosis as soon as possible to avoid misdiagnosis and delayed treatment.