1. Information About Prostatitis
   
2. Categories of Prostatitis
   
3. Acute Bacterial Prostatitis
   
4. Chronic Bacterial Prostatitis
   
5. Prostato-Vesiculitis
   
6. Chronic Non-Bacterial Prostatitis
   
7. Prostatodynia
   
8. Treatment of Prostatitis

Prostatitis is the third major source of prostatic pathology and can be divided into five main syndromes: acute bacterial prostatitis, chronic bacterial prostatitis, prostato-vesiculitis, chronic non-bacterial prostatitis, and prostatodynia.

Prostatitis usually occurs in the peripheral zone of the prostate (see diagram) and is occasionally associated with glandular atrophy and abscess formation. The prostate has a tremendous influence on men's lives because it's place at the physiological function of urination and sex. Prostate problems usually lead to difficulty urinating or may disrupt sexual activity.

The different, but related syndromes of prostatitis remain a frustrating clinical entity for clinicians and their patients. The primary dilemma facing the physicians who deal with patients having prostatitis is differentiating a bacterial from a non-bacterial etiology. Although the incidence of prostatic syndromes not related to bacterial infection appears to exceed those with bacterial etiology, bacterial disease remains important because it is the leading cause of relapse in urinary tract infections in men.