The cause of acute and chronic bacterial prostatitis is pathogenic microorganisms ( bacteria, fungi). The most common sources of inflammation are:
E. coli;
streptococci;
staphylococci;
Proteus;
Klebsiella;
Pseudomonas aeruginosa;
causative agents of sexually transmitted diseases (chlamydia, mycoplasma, gonococcus, Trichomonas, cytomegalovirus and others).
Most of the microorganisms are in the intestines, on the skin, but, getting into the prostate tissue, they cause an inflammatory process. As a rule, the cause of the disease is not one pathogen, but the association of several types of microbes.
The following factors can provoke the development of chronic prostatitis:
concomitant diseases of the urinary system (cystitis, pyelonephritis);
sedentary lifestyle ("sedentary" work);
tendency to constipation;
weakening of the body's defenses;
injuries
hormonal imbalance;
alcohol abuse and smoking;
promiscuous sexual intercourse;
irregular sex life (prolonged abstinence);
interrupted sexual intercourse;
irregular emptying of the bladder;
unsatisfied sexual desire;
chronic stress;
hypothermia;
the presence of carious teeth and other sources of chronic infection (for example, chronic tonsillitis).
