Not necessarily "cause" but certainly contribute to prostate infections. I recommend to patients with prostate infections that they have a good ejaculation every day during the regimen of anti-biotics. One requested that I call his wife and tell her that. Quite a conversation! It is a good idea to use condoms on this regimen so that the man does not re-infect himself.
I have seen it written that the longer a man goes without an orgasm, the faster he will reach orgasm; the longer a woman goes without an orgasm, the longer it will take her. I am not aware of scientific support for this but there is anecdotal support aplenty. The pressure builds up in men and they need to get rid of that stuff. We women get out of practice and our orgasmic structures need to be re-awakened.
The male constantly produces semen and it mostly reabsorbed into his system. There is always an accumulation of semen in his prostate. Semen is a wonderful agent to grow colonies of bacteria. The static semen retained in his prostate is fertile ground to grow bacteria if it is not flushed out. The urine stream clears out the urethra but does not get into the storage ducts. Only a good ejaculation cleans these out.
Women are subject to peri-urethral infections which means that infection develops in the Skene's glands. Or accumulated enterobacteria (they belong in the intestines) can migrate to and live in the peri-urethral glands and cause urinary tract infection. Skene's glands are considered by many to be the female equivalent of the prostate but nothing passes THROUGH them. One possible explanation for women squirting is that a semen like liquid is produced in these glands. This may lead one to the conclusion that an orgasm causing squirting would clear them out. But, then, most women do not squirt during orgasm.
Medically, there is no documented relationship between orgasm and urethritis in women. You have made me think about it and I guess it may be possible. There are many old wives tales about sex causing UTI. This is not so; sex may irritate the urethra and seem like the cause but UTI in both genders requires the introduction of bacteria. They most frequently migrate from the anus. The route is much more direct, and supportive of bacterial growth, in women than in men. I am not a squirter but have had very infrequent UTI.
I am going to do a bit of research!
Brandye
Posted: 23 Sep 20:17