Acute prostatitis

Acute prostatitis is an inflammation of the prostate gland that develops suddenly.

Some statistics: prostatitis is diagnosed in approximately 2 of every 10,000 outpatient visits. Men who have multiple sexual partners and with ages between 20 and 35 are at an increased risk. Also at high risk are those who engage in anal intercourse, especially without using condoms.

Men age 50 or older who have an enlarged prostate are at increased risk for…

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Acute Prostatitis Staging

There are three phases to the staging of acute prostatitis:

1. In the first phase, that of follicular prostatitis,

   

   the prostate gland has increased volume because of the inflammatory congestion, red, of increased consistency. Through the holes of the excretory ducts, when pressure is applied, a mucous-purulent or lightly sanguinolent liquid is expelled. Numerous acini (The prostate gland is comprised of 30–50 glands arranged in acini, which empty into the prostatic urethra)…

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Prostatitis statistics

• Some estimated prostatitis to affect an estimated 30-50% of males. But European statistics show 5-10% of men of fertile age suffer from it, while the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey claims 8-9% are affected.
• Acute bacterial prostatitis is the least common of the four types but also the easiest to diagnose and treat effectively.
• Chronic bacterial prostatitis, also relatively uncommon, is acute prostatitis associated with an underlying defect in the prostate, which…

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Prostatitis symptoms diagnose

Tests & Lab Analysis

Your health care provider may perform a physical examination to assess the prostate (warm, soft, swollen, or tender), the groin lymph nodes (enlarged or tender), the scrotum (swollen or tender), and the urethra (discharge).

Triple-void urine specimens (also called the three-glass test) may be collected for urinalysis and urine culture:

1. initial stream- helps identify urethral flora
2. mid-stream- after prostatic massage- identifies prostatic flora
3. after prostatic- corresponds to the vesical flora

Note: Sometimes…

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Prostatitis: the Inflamed prostate

Prostatitis is the inflamation of the prostate gland, and can be either:

• acute prostatitis
• chronic prostatitis
  • chronic bacterial prostatitis
  • chronic nonbacterial prostatitis
• prostatodynia (also called Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome- CPPS)

Before puberty, there is no prostate inflammation, while the maximum prostatitis frequency can be found in the ages of genital activity, but also in older people, with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).

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