Clinical Symptoms of Chronic Prostatitis: 9 Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatments for Prostatitis

Many men are prone to prostatitis, especially chronic prostatitis, which is a common disease. Men must pay attention to this disease and cannot ignore it. Over time, the condition can lead to errors, which can also have a certain impact on male function and fertility. Therefore, it is necessary to pay attention to this issue. The symptoms of chronic prostatitis are complex and diverse, sometimes easily confused with simple neurasthenia, and the treatment effect is not satisfactory, with inconsistent treatment standards. Clinical manifestations include urethral irritation, frequent urination, urgency, burning pain, mucus, sticky silk, or purulent secretions at the urethral opening in the morning, cloudy urine or white fluid flowing out of the urethral opening after defecation, discomfort in the urethra, perineum, and anus, pain in the penis, testicles, and groin, pain in ejaculation, blood semen, premature ejaculation, impotence, weakness, dizziness, insomnia, depression, and other autonomic nervous dysfunction

How to Manifest the Symptoms of Chronic Prostatitis

1. Urinary discomfort: bladder irritation such as frequent urination, burning of the urethra during urination, pain, and radiation from the head of the penis. In the morning, there is mucus and other secretions at the urethral opening, making it difficult to urinate.

2. Local symptoms: discomfort caused by swelling of the posterior urethra, perineum, and anus, and feeling bloated when squatting, defecating, or sitting in a chair for a long time.

3. Radiation pain: Chronic prostatitis not only causes pain in the urethra and perineum, but also radiates nearby, with lower back pain being the most common. In addition, the penis, spermatic cord, testicular scrotum, lower abdomen, inguinal area (thigh base), thighs, rectum, and other areas can all be affected.

4. Sexual dysfunction: Chronic prostatitis can cause decreased libido, painful ejaculation, premature ejaculation, etc. It can also affect semen quality. After urination or defecation, white discharge from the urethral opening can also occur, and when combined with seminal vesiculitis, bloody semen can appear.

5. Other symptoms: Chronic prostatitis can be accompanied by neurasthenia, manifested as fatigue, dizziness, insomnia, etc; Long lasting prostatitis can even cause allergic reactions in the body, such as conjunctivitis and arthritis.

6. Low back pain caused by chronic prostatitis and orthopedic reasons such as myofasciitis and lumbar muscle strain are easily confused, but the latter is mostly located near the belt, higher than the location of low back pain caused by prostatitis.

How Traditional Chinese Medicine Diagnose Prostatitis

Generally speaking, in clinical practice, how traditional Chinese medicine diagnoses prostatitis is often classified into four types based on the results of observation, hearing, and amputation, as follows.