Patient's question:
Long-term alcohol abuse, eating spicy foods, prolonged sitting, and not drinking enough water can cause prostatitis? What are the main symptoms of this disease?Doctor's answer:
The common symptoms of prostatitis pain specifically include:1. Urinary Abnormalities
Urinary abnormalities are also common symptoms of prostatitis pain. Patients may experience frequent urination, urgent urination, painful urination, and a feeling of difficulty urinating, as if they have a urinary tract infection. However, there are no pathogenic bacteria in the urine, and tests also show no significant white blood cells. It exhibits various symptoms of prostatitis, such as weak urine flow, urine splitting, thin urine stream, incomplete urination, urinary obstruction, or interrupted urination.
2. Mental Impact
Why are mental factors also common symptoms of prostatitis pain? Most patients with prostatitis pain experience mental stress, such as bad mood, depression, or work-related frustrations, often leading to anger over time, which can result in prostatitis pain. Students may also develop prostatitis pain due to poor academic performance or unsatisfactory results in the college entrance exams.
3. Local Pain
This is one of the typical common symptoms of prostatitis pain. Patients may report pain in the scrotum or epididymis, but testicular examinations show no abnormalities. Some may experience a sense of heaviness or pain in the perineum, pain in the pubic symphysis or lower abdomen, or occasional spasmodic pain. Others may feel persistent pain in the urethra or rectum, pain in the inner thigh, or unilateral leg pain, or lower back pain.
Note: The common symptoms of prostatitis pain mainly include the above. Since prostatitis pain can lead to sexual dysfunction and poses significant harm to men, it is essential for men experiencing these symptoms to seek timely diagnosis and treatment at a formal hospital.