Patient's question:
Today I went to Ren'ai Hospital for a thorough check-up and was diagnosed with prostatitis. The doctor asked me to have a catheter inserted into the urethra, as well as undergo follow-up treatment. I would like to ask if inserting a catheter is harmful to a person?Doctor's answer:
If it is prostatitis, it is mostly chronic inflammation, and oral medication treatment is required depending on the situation. Treating chronic inflammation for a few days is not possible to cure it. Cystoscopy treatment is just ordinary anti-inflammatory treatment and has no special effect on prostatitis. Don't trust the promotions of private urology hospitals, as most of them are profit-driven and often misleading. It is recommended to go to a regular hospital for a prostatic fluid test to check if there is truly inflammation. Depending on the situation, it may take about two months to heal.