strange! Do women also suffer from "prostatitis"?

　　“prostatitis ”hit female

Xiaozhen has had an unspeakable difficulty for many years. She often feels like something is squeezing her vagina (behind the pubic bone). She has to urinate at least seven or eight times a day, and it takes a long time to urinate a little. After many Hospital On examination, she had neither vaginal or pelvic infection nor cystitis. Some doctors gave her some anti-anxiety drugs, but they were ineffective, and Xiaozhen was very distressed. Finally, Xiaozhen was diagnosed with "paraurethritis". When doing histological examination, this disease is closely related to male Similar to prostatitis.

Patients usually experience symptoms similar to urinary tract infection due to infection of the paraurethral glands on both sides of the urethra. There are also glands in the back of the female urethra that are equivalent to the male prostate. These glands are homologous to the male prostate during the embryonic period and are also affected and controlled by endocrine.

If chronic inflammation or nodular tumor-like hyperplasia occurs, leading to bladder neck stenosis or even obstruction, a series of symptoms, mainly discomfort during urination, will occur. clinical It is called "female prostatic occlusion syndrome" or "female prostatic hyperplasia" or "female prostate residual hyperplasia".

Female prostatic occlusion syndrome mostly occurs in middle-aged and elderly women over 40 years old, and the course of the disease is generally relatively long.

　　Specifically manifested as urination problems.

In the early stage, there may be difficulty in urinating, with thin urine lines and low impulse. Later, urgency, frequency of urination, painful urination, difficulty in urination, or foreign body sensation in the urethra gradually appear. A few patients even experience symptoms such as hematuria. Occasionally, urinary retention may occur, leading to ureter and hydronephrosis, which in turn affects kidney function. Most patients will develop intractable urinary tract infections and show resistance to various antibiotics.