Taking Frustration Out Of Prostate Infection

Prostate infection or prostatitis, one of the prostate diseases, is a painful condition brought about by infection of the prostate gland, which secretes essential fluids facilitating sperm movement.

It is divided into bacterial and non-bacterial. Further, bacterial can be acute and chronic, and non-bacterial symptomatic and asymptomatic (inflammatory and non-inflammatory).

• Acute bacterial prostatitis – Generally there is also urinary tract infection involved as well, therefore the typical acute prostate infection symptoms include painful or burning sensation while urinating, frequent emptying of the bladder, presence of blood traces in the urine and pain in the genital area, pain during ejaculation.

• Chronic bacterial prostatitis – symptoms are similar to acute bacterial prostatitis but less severe. There might be additionally problems with sexual function and lower back pain, penis and testicles. Bacteria are always present.

• Chronic abacterial prostatitis – the symptoms are same as in bacterial: problems with emptying the bladder, pain and discomfort, getting up a few times at night to urinate, pain during ejaculation, pain in perineum and inguinal area. More information on this type in Enlarged Prostate Treatment.

• Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis – no pain or discomfort, but infection-fighting cells are present in semen and urine. No treatment given.

The psychological impact on men with prostate diseases, acute and chronic, is tremendous since the prostate gland plays an essential role in the male reproductive system.

The acute prostate infection and urinary tract infection share the common bacteria: Escherichia coli, Kebsiella, Proteus and sometimes Chlamydia. The standard treatment is with antibiotics including loxacin, norfloxacin, levofloxacin, ciprofloxacin and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazone.

With very low effectiveness of the conventional treatment for chronic prostatitis, many men dread the possibility of having surgery because of likelihood of impotence.

It is estimated that eighty percent of all men will develop a prostate problem at some point. Despite these staggering statistics, what causes 95% of all prostate problems is not known. Well understood is bacterial prostatitis, but bacterial infections – acute bacterial prostatitis and chronic bacterial postatitis, comprise only 5% of all prostate problems!

We know that it’s the bacteria that cause the infection, but it is not clear how the bacteria gets to the prostate gland. Why do bacteria favor middle aged and older men? Although bacteria is inevitably the culprit, is it the origin of the problem? Read More...

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