Patient's question:
Doctor, hello. I would like to ask, what are the differences between prostatitis and urinary tract infections? Recently, for the past month, I have been experiencing frequent urination, urgency, and dysuria, sometimes accompanied by lower back pain. I feel like it could be either prostatitis or a urinary tract infection. I don't know how to distinguish between them.Doctor's answer:
Hello, the main clinical symptoms of urinary tract infection are frequent urination, urgency, and dysuria, which can be accompanied by fever. During a routine urinalysis, increased white blood cells and signs of bacterial infection can be detected. Prostatitis is typically characterized by symptoms such as urinary urgency, frequent urination, hesitation to urinate, urinary splitting, thin urine stream, and increased nocturia. A routine prostatic fluid examination can confirm the diagnosis.