What complications can prostate cancer cause?

Prostate cancer is the most common male disease. There are many causes of this disease. Prostate cancer causes serious harm to men's health, and the incidence of this disease is very high. When prostate cancer is serious, it will cause a series of complications. So, what are the complications caused by prostate cancer? Let's take a look.

1. Prostate cancer can cause lymphatic metastasis. Generally, the first lymph nodes invaded by prostate cancer are the obturator internal iliac chain, but the lymph nodes at the obturator foramen are generally not invaded. The internal iliac lymph nodes are often called obturator lymph nodes. They are located on the inner side of the external iliac vein and are the most important lymph nodes that should be removed along the course of the internal iliac vessels.

2. Prostate cancer can cause acute seminal vesiculitis, epididymitis, or vas deferensitis. Generally, acute inflammation of the prostate can easily spread to the seminal vesicle, thus causing acute seminal vesiculitis. At the same time, bacteria retrogradely enter the wall layer of the vas deferens and the outer sheath through the lymphatic vessels, causing epididymitis.

3. Prostate cancer can cause urinary retention. Acute prostate cancer can cause symptoms such as local congestion, swelling, and urethra compression, resulting in difficulty in urination or acute urinary retention.

4. Prostate cancer can cause sexual dysfunction. During the acute inflammatory period, the prostate will become congested, edematous, or small abscesses will form. However, there will be symptoms such as painful ejaculation, painful erection, decreased libido, painful intercourse, impotence, and hematospermia.

5. Prostate cancer can cause other symptoms. Severe cases of acute prostatitis may be accompanied by referred groin pain, and severe cases may cause renal colic.

The above article introduces the complications caused by prostate cancer. Now we know the complications caused by prostate cancer. We also know that prostate cancer not only harms the patient's body, but also the complications caused by prostate cancer may even threaten the patient's life. Therefore, it is best for patients to detect the disease in the early stage of prostate cancer and receive treatment.