Prostatitis

Prostatitis is a very common condition and affects many men at some point during their lives. Prostatitis is an inflammation of the prostate that can appear in several forms. Most complaints can be categorized into one of these prostatitis categories:

Acute prostatitis (bacterial)
Acute bacterial prostatitis is the least frequent form of prostatitis. Diagnosis and treatment of this form of prostatitis is very easy and effective. Men with this type of prostatitis often complain of the following symptoms; chills, fever, pain in the genital area and lower back, frequent urination that may at times be urgent, burning or painful urination, aches and pains all over the body, a urinary tract infection (UTI) that can be confirmed by white blood cells and bacteria in the urine. In this case, the best form of treatment is a course of antibiotics like Ciprofloxacin that will fight off the infection.

Chronic bacterial prostatitis
Chronic bacterial prostatitis is also a somewhat uncommon form of prostatitis, and is associated with an underlying imperfection in the prostate, which becomes a weak spot for bacterial persistence in the urinary tract. The symptoms of chronic bacterial prostatitis are similar to those of acute bacterial prostatitis but in this case they are less intense. Treatment is first in the form of antimicrobial medication for four to 12 weeks. If the problem recurs or the infection does not respond to the medication, surgery may be considered. During surgery, the imperfection would be identified and removed and the infection then treated with antibiotics.

Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome
Although this form of prostatitis is the most common and frequent it is still one of the least understood form of prostatitis. Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome is not found just in older men, but is found in men of any age. In most cases of this kind of prostatitis, the symptoms are not constant but seem to fade only to return suddenly and without any warning. This condition may also be;

-- inflammatory - this is when the urine, semen and other related body fluids from the prostate exhibit no signs of a known infection but do contain the white blood cells whose function in the body is to fight infection.

-- noninflammatory - this is when there is no evidence of inflammation or infection fighting cells are present

Unfortunately, antibiotics will not help nonbacterial prostatitis and treatment will have to be a change of lifestyle. For some men, a change of diet or a warm bath is enough for this condition to subside. Other men might need medication in the form of alpha blockers that help to relax the muscle tissue in the prostate. A doctor will be able to recommend the best mode of treatment for each particular case.

Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis
This kind of prostatitis has no symptoms and the patient doesn't complain of any pain or discomfort. Men with Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis have infection-fighting cells in their semen. Due to the fact that this kind of prostatitis is asymptomatic, many men are unaware that they have this conditions. In fact, most cases of Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis get discovered by accident when examining patients for prostate cancer or causes of infertility.

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