Is prostatitis contagious

Prostatitis is a very common men's disease, which is familiar to everyone. This disease of the reproductive organs can have many impacts on male friends. Patients with prostatitis will experience symptoms such as frequent urination, painful urination, and incomplete urination. This disease is divided into acute prostatitis and chronic prostatitis. Many patients are afraid that this disease will be transmitted to their wives through sexual intercourse, so is prostatitis contagious?

Prostatitis is now one of the most common men's diseases. Many men suffer from this disease. The occurrence of prostatitis has a great impact on the patient's life and work. Many people are also very worried about whether prostatitis is contagious.

Clinically, the vast majority of chronic prostatitis is non-bacterial prostatitis, while bacterial prostatitis accounts for only about 5%, and most of them are common bacteria or conditional pathogens.

In non-bacterial prostatitis, no pathogenic bacteria can be detected, which means it is non-bacterial prostatitis. This type of chronic inflammation will not be transmitted to women. Even if a bacterial infection is detected, there is no need to worry about the wife being infected because the woman's vagina has a strong ability to resist foreign bacterial infection.

However, it should be noted that a small proportion of chronic prostatitis is clinically caused by Trichomonas or fungi, or by gonococcal or mycoplasma, chlamydia infection, which is clinically known as specific prostatitis. These infectious factors are contagious to a certain extent in the early stages of the disease, so during sexual intercourse, the infectious bacteria may be transmitted to the female, causing specific vaginal inflammation. Specific prostatitis can be confirmed through clinical tests, bacteriological examinations or by massage to extract prostatic fluid, which is then inoculated onto a culture medium and placed in a special incubator to provide bacteria and microorganisms with certain growth conditions. The growth of bacteria is observed over a period of time and the type of bacteria is identified through analysis of the colonies. The current reality is that the prevalence of prostatitis caused by these factors is also increasing. Therefore, for chronic prostatitis caused by these factors, sexual intercourse should be avoided in the early stages of treatment. If it is suspected that the woman has been infected or is the source of infection, the couple should take medication at the same time. If you don't know what pathogen is causing the infection, it is safer to use a condom.

Once prostatitis occurs, the patient will be very troubled. Not only are the symptoms of this disease very uncomfortable, but it will also have a certain impact on the patient's psychology. As for whether prostatitis is contagious, patients should not worry too much. Everyone should actively seek treatment. If they have sexual intercourse, it is best to take safety measures and develop good habits in daily life.