Prostatitis is inflammation of the prostate gland.[1] There are two main types acute and chronic.[1] Acute prostatitis is sudden in onset, results in significant pain, and is less common.[1] Chronic prostatitis lasts for at least three months, symptoms come and go, and it is more common.[1] Complications of acute disease may include urinary retention or a prostate abscess.[1] Chronic disease may result in recurrent urinary tract infections.[2]
The cause of acute disease is generally a bacterial infection, while the cause of chronic disease is often less clear.[1] Chronic disease may be divided into chronic bacterial prostatitis and chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS).[2] Another category is known as asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis (AIP).[2] Diagnosis may involve examination, urinary analysis, medical imaging, PSA testing, and semen testing.[2]
Treatment depends on the type.[1] Acute prostatitis is generally treated with antibiotics while chronic disease may be treated with alpha blockers and NSAIDs in addition to antibiotics.[1][2] Rarely surgery is required.[2] Asymptomatic prostatitis may not require treatment.[2]
Prostatitis affects about half of males at some point in time.[2] It represents the reason for about a quarter of urology visits related to urinary symptoms.[2] Prostatitis most commonly occurs in a persons 30s or 40s.[1] Prostatitis was first described by Verdies in 1838 and early treatments included leeches and prostatic message.[4]
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Prostatitis". nhs.uk. 19 October 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Khan, FU; Ihsan, AU; Khan, HU; Jana, R; Wazir, J; Khongorzul, P; Waqar, M; Zhou, X (October 2017). "Comprehensive overview of prostatitis". Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie. 94: 1064–1076. doi:10.1016/j.biopha.2017.08.016. PMID 28813783.
- ^ Sharp, VJ; Takacs, EB; Powell, CR (15 August 2010). "Prostatitis: diagnosis and treatment". American family physician. 82 (4): 397–406. PMID 20704171.
- ^ Partin, Alan W.; Wein, Alan J.; Kavoussi, Louis R.; Peters, Craig A.; Dmochowski, Roger R. (2020). Campbell Walsh Wein Urology, E-Book. Elsevier Health Sciences. p. 1202. ISBN 978-0-323-67227-6.