What is prostatitis? Many people know that frequent urination and urgency are the most common symptoms of prostatitis. Many men will consciously ignore this disease. However, prostatitis not only easily affects men's life and work, but also seriously endangers men's health, especially their fertility. What are the common symptoms of prostatitis? Why does prostatitis cause male infertility?
Common symptoms of prostatitis
Pain: Prostatitis patients may have no symptoms of pain at the initial stage, but with the stimulation of urine, pain will also occur, mainly manifested as perineal, anal, posterior urethral expansion, pain, discomfort or dull pain on the pubic, groin, lumbosacral, testicle, penis, or knee below the thigh has different degrees of reflex.
Urinary tract symptoms: This is also a serious symptom of prostatitis. There is milky secretion at the urethral orifice, especially when the abdominal pressure increases such as defecation. Frequent urination, urgent urination, painful urination, residual urine, burning sensation of urethra during urination, and increased nocturnal urination.
Symptoms of the reproductive system: The patient has been suffering from a disease for a long time. The male with the disease has sexual desire decline, impotence, premature ejaculation, pain in ejaculation, dysfunctions such as blood sperm and spermatorrhea, as well as poor semen liquefaction, low sperm vitality, decreased vitality, increased abnormal sperm, and semen condensation.
Symptoms of mental depression: The symptoms of prostatitis have brought great troubles to the patients. The patients with prostatitis have low spirits, depression, anxiety, restless sleep, many dreams, forgetfulness, etc., and have the tendency of anxiety, fear, anger, and self-confidence.
Other symptoms: What are the symptoms of severe prostatitis? In addition to the above symptoms, patients with prostatitis also found fatigue, waist and knee pain, dizziness, tinnitus, constipation or waterfall.
Prostatitis causes infertility
In recent years, the incidence rate of prostatitis is getting higher and higher, and its harmfulness is also getting more and more attention. Why is prostatitis sterile?
When men suffer from chronic prostatitis, there are often a large number of microorganisms and their internal and external toxins and inflammatory secretions produced by the body in the prostatic fluid. These substances will consume nutrients and oxygen in semen, thus affecting sperm survival.
Prostatitis patients often have serious psychological problems due to stress and anxiety, and the psychological problems will be more serious when the wife cannot be pregnant for a long time. This will affect the spermatogenic function and sexual function of men, thus making infertility more protracted and difficult to heal.