Prostatitis (Gonorrheal Inflammation of the Prostate Gland).
A most frequent cause of Chronic Gonorrhea is the extension of the Gonorrheal infection into the Prostate Gland, which, as mentioned above, lies deep between the Urethra and the bladder. Once Gonococci have penetrated into the deep recesses of the Prostate Gland, they secure there a very strong foothold, and it is very hard to reach and dislodge them with an ordinary treatment. Gonococci may lay dormant in the Prostate Gland, producing very few active symptoms and very little annoyance and discomfort to the patient, who may consider himself well, or pretty near well, and suddenly, after some indiscretion like dancing or use of alcoholic liquors, the germs take a new lease of life and precipitate an acute outbreak of Gonorrhea. The patients as a rule believe that they have contracted a fresh case, while in reality it is a case of reinfection from their own prostate gland. These cases of rekindling of old Gonorrheal prostatitis can repeat themselves many, many times, until the true cause is discovered, and the Prostate Gland is cleaned up thoroughly.
A chronic Gonorrheal Prostatitis is an extremely common infection. Probably not less than half of the Chronic Gonorrhea cases are due to the involvement of the Prostate Gland. The tissue of the Prostate Gland is extremely rich in nerves, and its chronic inflammation, thru the pressure and irritation of different nerve endings, produces pains and discomfort, not only locally in the genital organs, but also far away in different parts of the body. Locally, the symptoms of chronic prostatitis are a whitish, milky discharge from the urethral canal, particularly after urination or defecation (stool), and a deeply-seated feeling of weight or deep burnings. From distant pains produced by the irritation of the nerve endings, most common are pains in the legs, in the back, in the region of the stomach, and headaches. In fact, very often patients come complaining of pains in different parts of the body, without having the slightest suspicion that the cause of it all is their infected Prostate Gland. One of the most distressing features of chronic Gonorrhea prostatitis is its powerful, depressing influence on the patient’s spirit and mentality. No other complication of Gonorrhea wears down a man’s courage, self-assertiveness, and joy of life, none of them makes a patient so disheartened, worried, and despairing of recovery as does chronic Prostatitis. Gonorrheal Prostatitis, under the best treatment, takes usually several months for a complete cure, and the task to keep up a patient’s courage and confidence in his recovery taxes as much the physician’s skill as the treatment itself.