Patient's question:
Left-sided perineal pain, is it prostatitis? What are the symptoms of prostatitis?Doctor's answer:
Hello: Acute bacterial prostatitis is primarily characterized by: chills, high fever, general malaise accompanied by joint pain and muscle pain, lower back pain and perineal pain radiating to the waist, lower abdomen, and groin area, burning pain during urination, urinary urgency, urinary frequency, difficulty urinating, thinning or interruption of urine flow, urinary retention in severe cases, rectal fullness, pain during defecation, and white discharge from the urethra during bowel movements. The clinical manifestations of chronic bacterial and non-bacterial prostatitis are similar.