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Prostatitis Syndromes

Number of Conditions: 1

Nonbacterial Prostatitis

Specialty: Infectious Diseases

Category: Chronic Pelvic Pain Disorders

Sub-category: Prostatitis Syndromes

Symptoms:
pelvic pain; difficulty urinating; pain during ejaculation; testicular discomfort; frequent urination; low-grade fever (occasionally)

Root Cause:
Inflammation of the prostate without evidence of bacterial infection, possibly due to autoimmune, stress, or muscle spasm factors.

How it's Diagnosed: videos
Exclusion of bacterial infection through urinalysis and culture, prostate fluid examination, and symptom assessment.

Treatment:
Multimodal approach including pain management, pelvic floor therapy, and lifestyle modifications.

Medications:
Alpha-blockers (tamsulosin ), anti-inflammatory medications (ibuprofen ), and occasionally neuropathic pain medications (amitriptyline ) or muscle relaxants (diazepam ).

Prevalence: How common the health condition is within a specific population.
Accounts for 90–95% of chronic prostatitis cases; common in men aged 30–50 years.

Risk Factors: Factors or behaviors that increase the likelihood of developing the condition.
Stress, sedentary lifestyle, previous urological infections, pelvic trauma.

Prognosis: The expected outcome or course of the condition over time.
Chronic but manageable; symptoms often fluctuate in intensity and respond variably to treatment.

Complications: Additional problems or conditions that may arise as a result of the original condition.
Sexual dysfunction, urinary retention, psychological distress.