Does Prostatitis Affect Erections

Prostatitis may affect erectile function. Patients with prostatitis are advised to consult a urologist for standardized treatment under the guidance of a doctor. Prostatitis is usually due to pathogen infection, irregular sex life, sedentary, alcohol abuse, spicy diet and other factors, resulting in inflammatory lesions of the prostate. Clinical symptoms include fever, lower abdominal pain, and urinary urgency. Due to the proximity of the prostate to the vas deferens, testes, corpus cavernosum, and the head of the penis, the prostate may be affected, causing inflammatory lesions to involve the vas deferens or testes, and thus inflammatory lesions may occur; secondly, it may have an effect on the engorgement process of the corpus cavernosum, resulting in insufficient erection strength, and so on. Therefore, prostatitis may affect the sexual function, it is recommended that patients go to the regular hospital urology department, under the guidance of the doctor for treatment, and strive for early recovery.