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 symptoms. In severe cases, the condition can lead to sexual dysfunction, causing inconvenience and pain in daily life and work. Later, I was diagnosed with prostate calcification at the hospital. What are the hazards of this disease?Doctor's answer:
Prostatitis, if not treated promptly, can lead to benign prostatic hyperplasia, causing the urine to be unable to be completely emptied, resulting in residual urine. Residual urine is an excellent culture medium for bacteria, making it highly susceptible to urinary tract infections such as pyelonephritis. If the treatment is not thorough at this stage, it can progress from pyelonephritis or hydronephrosis to nephritis, and ultimately to uremia. Timely treatment can reduce the incidence of the disease. If not treated promptly, it can affect fertility. Therefore, patients should seek timely and symptomatic treatment, and in daily life, they should avoid overexertion and pay attention to personal hygiene.