Prostatitis
Overview
Prostatitis is typically a condition that involves inflammation of the prostate and sometimes the area around it.
The symptoms depend on the type of prostatitis infection the patient is suffering from. Common symptoms include:
- Chills
- Fever
- Severe burning during urination
- Inability to empty the bladder
- Painful urination
The major causes of prostatitis include:
- Rectal intercourse
- Abnormal urinary tract
- Recent bladder infection
- Enlarged prostate
There are four types of prostatitis, each with a range of symptoms.
- Acute bacterial prostatitis
- Chronic bacterial prostatitis
- Chronic prostatitis without infection
- Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis
Treatments can include:
- Anti-inflammatory medicines along with warm sitz baths
- Antibiotic medicine for infectious prostatitis
- Pain medications.
- Muscle relaxants
- Surgical removal of the infected portions of the prostate
- Supportive therapies for chronic prostatitis, including stool softeners and prostate massage
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Other Conditions & Treatments
- Balanoposthitis
- Bladder Stones
- Chronic Kidney Diseases
- Circumcision Surgery
- Enlarged Prostate (BPH)
- Erectile Dysfunction
- Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy
- Hematospermia
- Hematuria (Blood in Urine)
- Hydrocele
- Kidney Stones (Nephrolithiasis)
- Laparoscopic Urologic Surgery
- Overactive Bladder (OAB)
- Pelvic (Uterine) Prolapse Surgery
- Phimosis
- Radical Nephrectomy
- Renal Transplantation Surgery
- Retrograde Ejaculation
- Umbilical Hernia
- Varicocele