Patient's question:
Recently, I've been feeling very sore in my lower back, weak all over, and my libido has decreased. I've also been experiencing frequent urination, sometimes feeling the urge to urinate right after finishing, accompanied by symptoms of painful urination. My prostate is severely red and swollen, and it's very sensitive to touch. After a thorough examination at the hospital, the diagnosis was chronic prostatitis. How should I manage it?Doctor's answer:
Prostatitis refers to acute or chronic inflammation of the prostate caused by specific and non-specific infections, leading to systemic or local symptoms. Prostatitis can be divided into non-specific bacterial prostatitis, idiopathic bacterial prostatitis (also known as prostatodynia), specific prostatitis (caused by organisms such as Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, fungi, parasites, etc.), non-specific granulomatous prostatitis, prostatitis caused by other pathogens (such as viruses, mycoplasma, chlamydia, etc.), prostatic congestion, benign prostatic hyperplasia, and prostatalgia.