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Prostatitis - Disorders of the Prostate

Internet URL

http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/prostatitis/  

Sponsoring Agency

National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

Description

Prostatitis may account for up to 25 percent of all office visits by young and middle-aged men for complaints involving the genital and urinary systems. Includes information about the four types of prostatitis: acute bacterial prostatitis, chronic bacterial prostatitis, chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome, and asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis.

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Review Date

4/25/2007