What is prostate hardening?

As we all know, men's prostate health is very important, it is related to men's reproductive and urinary systems. As men age, the prostate is prone to various problems, such as prostate hyperplasia, prostate enlargement, etc., which are common symptoms in life and have a great impact on men's lives. So, what is a hard prostate disease?

Chronic bacterial prostatitis has symptoms of frequent urination, urgency, pain during urination, urethral discomfort or burning during urination. White discharge often flows out of the urethra after urination and defecation. Sometimes there may be blood in semen, pain in the perineum, sexual dysfunction, and mental and neurological symptoms. The prostate is full, enlarged, soft, and slightly tender. In patients with a long course of disease, the prostate shrinks, hardens, has an incomplete surface, and has small nodules.

The pathogenic bacteria are gram-negative aerobic bacteria, such as Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Some clinicians believe that gram-positive bacteria (such as Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, and diphtheroids) can also cause prostatitis, but unlike prostate infections caused by gram-negative bacteria, prostate infections caused by gram-positive bacteria rarely persist or cause recurrent infections, except for prostatitis caused by enterococci. However, many authors are skeptical about the possibility that gram-positive bacteria can cause chronic prostatitis. There is evidence that chlamydia and mycoplasma can also cause prostate infections, but they are less common.

Because the risk factors have not yet been determined, prevention of this disease is difficult. Normal prostatic fluid contains zinc, which is a powerful antibacterial factor. The zinc content in the prostatic fluid of patients with chronic bacterial prostatitis is significantly reduced. Some authors believe that this antibacterial factor in male prostatic fluid is a natural defense mechanism against ascending infection of the genitourinary system, but oral zinc administration to male patients cannot stimulate an increase in the zinc content of the prostatic fluid. Acute bacterial prostatitis must be actively treated and the occurrence of chronic bacterial prostatitis must be prevented. Strict aseptic techniques should be used during transurethral instrumentation and catheterization to prevent iatrogenic preschisis gland infection.