Prostate self-examination

Prostatitis refers to a chronic inflammation caused by bacterial infection of the prostate. Prostatitis can cause patients to have great difficulty in urination, feel pain and swelling when urinating, and always cannot urinate completely. They need to go to the toilet frequently every time, and need to get up frequently to go to the toilet at night, which is troublesome and painful. How to self-examine for prostatitis?

Self-examination for prostatitis

Prostatitis refers to acute and chronic inflammation caused by specific and non-specific infection of the prostate, which causes systemic or local symptoms. Prostatitis can be divided into non-specific bacterial prostatitis, idiopathic bacterial prostatitis (also known as prostatitis), specific prostatitis (caused by gonococci, tuberculosis, fungi, parasites, etc.), non-specific granulomatous prostatitis, prostatitis caused by other pathogens (such as viruses, mycoplasmas, chlamydia, etc.), prostate congestion and prostatitis. Prostatitis is one of the common diseases of the male urogenital system, especially chronic prostatitis, which is most common in young men, accounting for about 80% of all cases. Its etiology is complex and its symptoms are numerous, so it is easy to misdiagnose, and the condition is stubborn, affecting the patient's normal work and study.

In clinic, it is found that some young patients, due to unexplained abdominal pain, were treated in the internal medicine department for gastroenteritis but to no avail; some patients had mild bladder irritation symptoms, but were treated for urinary tract infection but to no avail; and some patients with sexual dysfunction blindly took drugs such as kidney-boosting and kidney-replenishing drugs, which aggravated their condition. Finally, they found out that chronic prostatitis was the root cause of these patients' illnesses after examination. The above situations are relatively common in clinic.

How to avoid diagnostic mistakes?

There is a simple self-examination method for prostatitis: if you find that you have one of the above three types of symptoms, you can use hot water to sit in a bath 1 to 2 times a day, each time for 20 minutes, and the water temperature should always be kept at about 50 degrees Celsius, and the treatment should be continued for 5 consecutive days. If you find that the symptoms are alleviated or disappear, you are likely to suffer from chronic prostatitis. This self-diagnosis method is recommended by Professor Wang Fengqi, a urology expert in our hospital. It is simple and easy, has no toxic side effects, and is helpful for diagnosis and treatment. Of course, if you find that there are suspected symptoms of chronic prostatitis, you should go to the urology department of the hospital for diagnosis and treatment as soon as possible.