Chronic prostatitis is one of the common diseases of male genitourinary system. Its symptoms are complex and varied, and at the initial stage, it is mainly caused by symptoms outside the lesion site, so it is easy to be misdiagnosed and delay the best treatment opportunity. Therefore, we should learn to recognize the initial symptoms of chronic prostatitis.
Identification point 1: recognize the main characteristics of abdominal pain
In the early stage of chronic prostatitis, abdominal pain is the main feature, and it often shows slight pain and swelling in the lower waist, lower abdomen, bilateral groins and testicles. In clinical practice, many patients with chronic prostatitis are the first to see a doctor with abdominal pain, but they are often misdiagnosed as gastroenteric disease and delay the illness.
Identification point 2: self-focus on urination
In the early stage of chronic prostatitis, patients usually have difficulty urinating as the main clinical manifestation, such as prolonged urination time, and unclean urine. Clinically, many patients with chronic prostatitis will go to the urology department for treatment because of the symptoms, which delays the best treatment time for prostate.
Identification point 3: Be alert to the causes of sexual dysfunction
At the initial stage of chronic prostatitis, patients often consciously have abnormal sexual life, with symptoms of sexual dysfunction such as impotence and premature ejaculation, and take some drugs to help kidney yang by themselves because of taboo against medicine, which does not improve but worsens the condition. In fact, this kind of sexual dysfunction may be caused by chronic prostatitis.