Chronic Prostatitis and Pelvic Inflammatory Disease greatly affect a shocking number of people. Through articles, Doctors and other studies published on the Internet, it is suggested that as much as 50% of men will suffer from Prostatitis in their lifetime. This number of people affected seems to be way more than the slow pace of medical science in creating effective medicines and techniques to offer real hope to sufferers.
Many Chronic Prostatitis sufferers can relate stories of one or more of their Specialist medical consultations having ended in "there's nothing wrong with you", or, "you'll just have to put up with this".
Consequently there are many people who are now looking back over years of enormous medical bills, numerous failed promises of a cure from Medical Professionals, debilitating periods of infection flareups and much general pain and misery. And for these people, time marches on, seemingly with no hope in sight.
Three critical basic factors need investigation by the medical industry in a series of serious well-funded studies:
How to overcome the fact that oral antibiotics cannot be effectively delivered to the Prostate and nearby areas.
How to break through into areas that harbor infection, but which are inaccessible because of inflammation, calcification and/or infection residues.
How to prevent the antibiotic resistance which arises from repeated Doctor-prescribed antibiotics which little more than dent the immediate problem, but which leave a legacy of a future treatment nightmare.
Only with constant and high-level pressure on the Medical Research Industry by sufferers themselves, Medical Insurance companies, and the Medical Profession, will this terrible situation get the attention and research funding it deserves. Turning it into a Political hot-potato might work wonders also. In the meantime there is hope which you can read about below...