Patient's question:
What is prostatitis? What are the symptoms, and are there any specific medications for it? Please explain clearly!Doctor's answer:
Hello, prostatitis refers to acute or chronic inflammation caused by specific and non-specific infections of the prostate, 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 pathogens such as Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, fungi, parasites, etc.), non-specific granulomatous prostatitis, prostatitis caused by other pathogens (such as viruses, mycoplasma, chlamydia, etc.), prostatodynia, and prostatalgia. The symptoms exhibited by different patients vary greatly.