Patient's question:
Last month, I felt unwell and went to the hospital for a thorough examination. The result was that I had ureteral stones and underwent extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy. When urinating, I passed small stone-like particles, and later my abdomen stopped hurting. When I went back to the hospital for a follow-up examination, the color Doppler ultrasound detected a translucent mass at the urethral orifice, which was diagnosed as prostatic calcification. Is it treatable?Doctor's answer:
Prostatic calcifications are hiding places for bacteria, which is one of the reasons why chronic prostatitis keeps recurring and is difficult to treat. Prostatic calcifications cannot completely disappear, and there is no need to strive for their complete disappearance. As long as they are within a certain range, they will never affect the body. After prostatitis improves, fibrosis does not require treatment. Prostatic calcifications may be a problem related to stones, but apart from stones, other causes such as prostatic tuberculosis, recurrent prostate damage, parasite eggs, and calcified tumors can also lead to prostatic calcifications.