Patient's question:
Recently, I have been experiencing symptoms such as frequent urination, urinary urgency, and dysuria. Difficulty urinating, increased nocturia, and pain/pressure in the perineum are also distressing and uncomfortable symptoms. In severe cases, the condition can lead to sexual dysfunction, causing inconvenience and pain in patients' daily lives and work. Later, I was diagnosed with prostate calcification at the hospital. What are the harms of this condition?Doctor's answer:
Prostatitis, if not treated in a timely manner, can lead to prostate hyperplasia, affecting the control of the bladder outlet, making it impossible to completely empty the urine, resulting in residual urine. Residual urine is an excellent culture medium for bacteria, and with the compromised defense mechanism of the bladder mucosa, it is highly prone to cause urinary tract infections such as pyelonephritis. If the treatment is not thorough at this stage, it can progress from pyelonephritis and hydronephrosis to nephritis, and further develop into uremia. For patients with prostate calcification, timely treatment can reduce the incidence of the disease. If not treated in a timely manner, it will affect the health condition.