Patient's question:
I have had prostatitis for over a year. It is said to be triggered by sexual intercourse. I have taken a lot of traditional Chinese medicine besides Western medicine, but they are all just treating the symptoms, not the root cause. Later, I went to a relatively good urology hospital, where I had three urethral catheter insertions and many other treatments, but it didn't take long before it recurred. How did prostatitis come about? Every time it hurts, I can't take it. What tests should be done for prostatitis pain?Doctor's answer:
Chronic prostatitis is further divided into chronic bacterial prostatitis and chronic non-bacterial prostatitis, as well as conditions like prostatic cysts and prostatodynia. The prostate is a special organ with a hard lipid capsule outside, which acts as a drug barrier, making it difficult for medications to penetrate to the affected area of the prostate. Due to different etiologies, chronic prostatitis exhibits various symptoms, making it a complex group of syndromes. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) offers a relatively ideal treatment for chronic prostatitis. TCM classifies it under categories such as hot-dampness obstruction, yin deficiency with fire effulgence, insufficient kidney yang, and blood and Qi stagnation.