Does it matter if you have calcified spots on your prostate?

It doesn’t matter if you have calcified spots on the prostate alone, asymptomatic people usually don’t need treatment and it won’t cause adverse effects. However, if calcified prostate spots are combined with prostatitis or hyperplasia, they may cause adverse effects. Prostate calcified spots is the process of calcium salt deposition in the local tissues of the prostate gland, which may be formed naturally or may be related to chronic infection. Just simple prostate calcified spots usually do not have any clinical symptoms and do not jeopardize the health of the reproductive system, so they will not cause adverse effects. When the prostate is combined with prostatitis or prostate hyperplasia, it may be more serious, and if not treated in time, it may cause symptoms such as difficulty in urination, urgency of urination, swelling and pain in the perineum, and in severe cases, it may cause urinary retention, sexual dysfunction, and male infertility. Therefore, when prostate calcified spots are combined with infection or hyperplasia, they should be examined and treated by a doctor as soon as possible to avoid adverse effects.