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Being diagnosed with Chronic Prostatitis would send any person running to the internet to try and further understand the often confusing news the Doctor just gave them. And that usually means more confusion than clarity. What with the medical terms, the general patient ignorance when it comes to knowing much about that "area" of the body, often due to it having been treated as a somewhat "taboo" subject in the education process, getting a "grip" or a definition is a lot harder than it should be.
Medical science divides Prostatitis into two main areas of definition :
That caused by bacteria, and referred to as bacterial prostatitis, resulting from an infection. Some doctors believe that bacterial infections are responsible for over 90% of Prostatitis cases, and confusingly, some say the opposite.
That, where no evidence of bacteria can be found. Where infection-fighting cells are found, the condition is labeled as "non-bacterial prostatitis" and may well have originated from an infection which can no longer be isolated. In the case of the absence of bacteria as well as infection-fighting cells, the condition is called Prostatodynia.
Next, the patient needs to understand that Chronic Prostatitis is usually caused by an inflamed prostate. An infection may have spread further to nearby areas like the seminal vesicles, epididymis etc. Isolating the infection in order to determine exactly what it is may range from being easy to almost impossible. Depending on the type of tests and how the test material has been extracted and processed in a laboratory may reveal important data, or nothing at all.
Where no causative pathogens can be isolated, treatment becomes a matter of these (blind) options: antibiotics, anti-inflammatory medications, pain killers, warm baths.
Additionally, the term "Prostatitis" may often be described as acute or chronic. "Acute" means a (serious) attack on the body, and this usually requiresprompt treatment. "Chronic" means debilitating repeat "flareups" over the long term.
A long-term chronic Prostatitis sufferer is not beyond hope. Repeated courses of oral antibiotics may well make it more difficult to be cured. Repeated failed consultations and treatment programs with mainstream Western medicine is not the end of the road. There are treatment centers forChronic Prostatitis which are pushing the boundaries giving real hope of a full cure to the prostatitis patient. You can read about a very successful one below.
