Patient's question:
Previously, a thorough examination at the hospital indicated prostatitis. I have taken both Western and Chinese medicine, and there was some improvement, but the condition has been fluctuating. Recently, I have started experiencing frequent urination, urgency, hesitation during urination, intermittent urination, lower abdominal pain, and pain during urination at the urethral opening. What treatment should I follow?Doctor's answer:
Prostatitis is itself a difficult-to-treat chronic condition, so you have taken both Chinese and Western medications, with symptoms improving and worsening intermittently. Based on your current symptoms—frequent urination, urgency, hesitancy, and dysuria—it indicates that your prostatitis has complicated with urinary tract infection. This is an acute recurrence. During the acute phase, oral anti-inflammatory medications such as levofloxacin and ibuprofen, along with Sanjin tablets, can effectively address your current symptoms of frequent urination, urgency, hesitancy, and dysuria. After the urinary tract infection symptoms subside, a prostatic fluid culture can be performed.