So... all in all, maybe get it checked out lads, by a doctor who wears gloves. And a mask.

Or problems with urethral discharge...

If increasing numbers of young people had prostate problems... you'd expect a knock on to other things like problems with frequency of urination...

Covid infections can make this more likely to appear in hospital data because they weaken immune barriers, disrupt the genitourinary microbiome, and increase inflammation in the bladder and prostate.

This one has prostate involvement too. It's trichomoniasis, an STI caused by a small parasite. It can cause burning, discharge, pelvic discomfort, or no symptoms at all. In men it often shows up as urethral irritation or prostate irritation without a clear cause.

These three malignant neoplasms can also have prostate involvement.

Covid infections can raise inflammation and oxidative stress in prostate tissue. Repeated infections disrupt immune surveillance, so abnormal cells are more likely to stay and grow. That can push more men into an in situ stage.

This is carcinoma in situ of the prostate. The cells look abnormal and close to cancer but have not invaded yet. It is an early warning stage before prostate cancer forms.

But then there are also cancers of the prostate too. This one means the prostate has a growth, but doctors cannot tell yet if it will behave like cancer or stay benign. It sits in the middle ground.

Weirdly, this one is showing a sharp climb in older working age adults. It's congenital, so it's a thing you get at birth - but covid can harm you in ways that make minor problems you've had since birth into major problems.

Covid infections raise inflammation and disturb hormone signalling. Repeated covid episodes also increase pelvic nerve dysfunction and bladder instability. All of this makes prostate enlargement harder to manage and more likely to worsen.

And so is Hyperplasia of Prostate. Doubling in young adults. 👀 This is enlarged prostate. The gland grows bigger and presses on the urethra, causing weak flow, urgency, and night-time peeing.

As is Dysplasia of Prostate. This is abnormal growth in prostate cells. It is not cancer, but the cells look irregular under a microscope. It can be a warning sign.

It's painfully apparent in *young adults*.

Covid can disturb hormone signalling and blood flow to the prostate. Long term inflammation after covid also causes tissue thinning in sensitive organs. Over time this can produce more cases of prostate atrophy.

Atrophy. Not great. Prostate atrophy means the gland shrinks or loses functional tissue. It can happen with infection, hormonal changes, or chronic inflammation.

Covid raises inflammation and changes fluid flow in the urinary tract. Repeated infections increase debris in the prostate ducts. That makes stone formation more likely in men with repeated covid episodes.

Calculus of Prostate. Not such a dramatic climb, but noticeable. This is a stone in the prostate. Small hard deposits form inside the ducts, causing pain, infections, or obstruction.

Covid can disrupt bladder lining cells and immune defences. That makes infections spread more easily between the bladder and prostate. Autonomic dysfunction after covid also leads to incomplete emptying, which increases the risk of combined inflammation.

I keep wanting to call this one potatocystitis, but that's something completely different. Prostatocystitis. Prostatocystitis is inflammation of both the prostate and the bladder at the same time. It causes burning, urgency, pelvic pain, and fever.