Post Date December, 02 2023
Patients with prostatitis should beware of the misconceptions of prostatitis. Prostatitis has always been a threat to men's health, and many men suffer from it. However, many male friends do not have sufficient knowledge of prostatitis and enter the misconception of prostatitis. Under such circumstances, it is necessary to understand the knowledge of prostatitis diseases. What are the misunderstandings of prostatitis? Beware of the misunderstanding of prostatitis, which misleads everyone.
Mistake 1: Treating acute prostatitis as a respiratory or urinary tract infection
Phenomenon description
Acute prostatitis is commonly seen in middle-aged and young men, and is usually acute. Most patients can experience symptoms of systemic infection and poisoning, including high fever, chills, muscle and joint pain, and general discomfort, often accompanied by poor urination and urethral discomfort. If a patient does not notice urination symptoms, goes to a medical department due to fever, and the doctor does not pay attention to urination symptoms, it may be misdiagnosed as an upper respiratory tract infection. If a doctor has learned about the patient's urination symptoms but has not thought of acute prostatitis, it is likely to be misdiagnosed as a urinary tract infection. In fact, there are not many opportunities for simple urinary tract infections in middle-aged and young men, and acute prostatitis should be ruled out first.
Special reminder
If misdiagnosed as an upper respiratory tract infection, acute prostatitis cannot be treated accordingly. If misdiagnosed as "urination," antibiotics selected for urinary tract infections may not necessarily enter the prostate membrane. Even if the antibiotic chosen is just right for prostatitis, it is also effective. Due to the short course of treatment for simple urinary tract infection, and the longer course of treatment required for acute prostatitis, coupled with the absence of other drugs, it is not conducive to the complete cure of acute prostatitis, which can easily turn acute prostatitis into chronic prostatitis. Patients with this phenomenon should have a clear understanding. For example, when visiting a doctor, you can ask the doctor, "Is it possible that this is acute prostatitis?" If the treatment for upper respiratory tract infection or urinary tract infection is not effective, you can remind the doctor whether to consider prostatitis or go to another hospital for further treatment. In summary, when middle-aged and young men develop high fever, it is important to pay attention to whether they are accompanied by poor urination or urethral discomfort. If there are such symptoms, they should go to urology to eliminate acute prostatitis.
Mistake 2: omitting chronic prostatitis associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia
Phenomenon description
Prostatic hyperplasia is a common disease in elderly men. Many people consider themselves suffering from prostate hyperplasia as long as they have symptoms such as frequent urination, increased nocturnal urination, poor urination, and dripping urine. They require medication for prostate hyperplasia. And some doctors will follow this procedure and give ɑ Receptor blockers and 5 ɑ Reductase inhibitors and other drugs for treating prostate hyperplasia. However, after a period of treatment, the symptoms did not improve. Little is known that prostate hyperplasia can be accompanied by chronic prostatitis, which may be related to prostate hyperplasia, but may also be the "credit" for prostatitis.
Special reminder
"If long-term treatment for BPH is not effective, especially if it is accompanied by other symptoms such as urgency, pain in urination, discomfort in the lower abdomen or perineum, the possibility of BPH accompanied by prostatitis should be considered.". "Or during the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia, if the original symptoms have improved, but recently there have been symptoms such as urgency to urinate, poor urination, and discomfort in the lower abdomen, the possibility of prostatitis should also be considered.". At this time, it is advisable to conduct a routine examination of prostate fluid. If prostatitis is confirmed, it needs to be treated as prostatitis.
