Is prostatitis contagious to women?

There are different types of prostatitis that differ according to their cause and nature. Here we explain what these types of prostatitis are :

Acute bacterial prostatitis

It is the least common type of prostatitis that can affect men of any age. It generally occurs very suddenly and causes severe symptoms in the patient. In these cases, it is essential to start a treatment quickly because it may be difficult to urinate, causing very strong pain when it is done. Likewise, fever, chills, discomfort in the back and between the legs, burning when urinating and other symptoms are also common, so it is important that a doctor is consulted in the presence of one or more detailed characteristics.

Chronic bacterial prostatitis

This type of prostatitis is also rare and it is an infection in the prostate gland that appears recurrently and is quite difficult to treat. In this case, the symptoms are quite similar to the previous one but less intense; however, they usually last a much longer time and there is no high body temperature.

Chronic non-bacterial prostatitis

Also known as chronic pelvic pain syndrome, it is the most common type of this pathology, being this 85% of cases, although it can be more difficult to diagnose since the symptoms can appear and disappear without offering any type of indication. The alteration is considered inflammatory because infectious organisms are not found in the semen, urine and various secretions, the most frequent causes being having suffered trauma or injury to the perineum, having undergone the insertion of a catheter or abnormalities in the urinary system.

Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis

This type of prostatitis can be diagnosed by detecting cells that fight infection; however, as the name implies, there are no symptoms such as difficulty urinating or pain. This is why, generally, it can be found when the patient has studies for other reasons.

When the man has been diagnosed with inflammation in the prostate, it is common for many couples to avoid having intimate relationships thinking that it could infect the woman, however, the female body does not have said male gland, so the woman cannot be infected of prostatitis as such , but there are certain circumstances in which there is a risk of contagion of an infection in the vagina and urinary ducts of women.

Men with chronic non-bacterial or asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis can continue to have sexual intercourse with their partner, if the pain of the alteration allows them, without worrying that there may be any contagion, but those who suffer from inflammation in the prostate due to Bacteria are recommended not to have sex or to always do it using a condom and to maintain proper hygiene, since these bacteria can be transmitted to women and cause a genital or urinary infection.

As the prostate is the gland in charge, along with other organs, of the production of semen and that the urethra passes through it for the expulsion of urine, these secretions are accompanied by a high number of bacteria that can enter the woman sexually, even oral sex affecting the mouth or throat depending on the type of bacteria that is acquired, of which chlamydia , mycoplasmas and gonorrhea bacteria stand out , so that the contagion by bacterial prostatitis in the women can result in infection .

For this reason, it is important that if the man has some symptoms of prostatitis , he immediately sees a medical consultation to be sure if it is an inflammation due to infection, which are very similar to a urine infection , such as:

• The urge to urinate frequently.
• Burning or pain when urinating.
• Reduced urinary flow
• Shaking chills.
• Fever.

If this is the case, the specialist may recommend that sexual intercourse be avoided until the pathology is controlled, not so much because of a possible contagion but to alleviate the pain that it could produce.

If the woman has had sexual intercourse with a man who has or shows symptoms of bacterial prostatitis and wants to know if she has been infected by these microorganisms, she should pay attention to the symptoms that occur in most infections, since this can vary a little depending on the place and the degree of affectation. Some symptoms that may be indicating a bacterial prostatitis infection in women are:

• Urge to urinate constantly .
• Burning and irritation when passing urine.
• Pain when urinating and during sexual intercourse.
• Urine appearance abnormal, more cloudy in color, thick in texture, and sometimes bloody.
• Fever.
• Abnormal vaginal discharge, increased discharge and a bad smell.

This article is merely informative, at FastlyHeal .com we do not have the power to prescribe medical treatments or make any type of diagnosis. We invite you to see a doctor in the case of presenting any type of condition or discomfort.

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