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  1. Prostatitis - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    Feb 22, 2025 · Chronic bacterial prostatitis. This is a bacterial infection that lasts or comes back. The symptoms often are less serious than are those of acute bacterial prostatitis. Chronic …

  2. What is prostatitis and how is it treated? - Harvard Health

    Mar 25, 2025 · Chronic bacterial prostatitis results from milder infections that sometimes linger for months. It occurs more often in older men and the symptoms typically wax and wane in …

  3. Prostatitis: Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis & Treatment

    Nov 14, 2023 · If you have one of the four types of prostatitis, the tissue in and around your prostate gland becomes swollen, tender and irritated. Urinary tract infections (UTIs) and other …

  4. Chronic prostatitis - PMC

    Chronic bacterial prostatitis is characterized by a culture of expressed prostatic secretions that is positive for pathogens. It can be symptomatic—recurrent urinary tract infection or suprapubic, …

  5. Prostatitis - Johns Hopkins Medicine

    There is no cure, but you can manage symptoms. Acute bacterial prostatitis. This is the least common type of prostatitis. It happens at any age. It often starts suddenly and causes severe …

  6. Chronic prostatitis Guide: Causes, Symptoms and Treatment …

    May 15, 2024 · Prostatitis is inflammation or swelling of the prostate gland. When symptoms start gradually and linger for more than a couple of weeks, the condition is called chronic prostatitis. …

  7. Prostatitis - Genitourinary Disorders - MSD Manual Professional Edition

    Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome typically has pain as the predominant symptom, including pain with voiding and with ejaculation. The discomfort can be significant and often …

  8. Acute and Chronic Prostatitis - AAFP

    Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome is the most common form of prostatitis and is a diagnosis of exclusion with no standardized treatments. Asymptomatic prostatitis does not...

  9. Prostatitis - chronic | Health topics A to Z | CKS | NICE

    Men with chronic prostatitis can experience a greatly reduced quality of life. In most cases the trend is for symptoms to improve over months or years. Urogenital pain for example in the …

  10. Chronic Prostatitis: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment - Patient

    May 23, 2023 · Prostatitis means that you have inflammation of your prostate gland. There are two main types of prostatitis: short-lived (acute) or persistent (chronic). It can also be caused …