Prostatitis affects young and middle age Men

The cause of Prostatitis is often unclear. This problem affects more young and middle age men than the elderly.

What is Prostatitis?
Prostatitis is the infection and inflammation of the prostate gland. As the term is too general, it does not described accurately other abnormalities that can be associated with prostate inflammation.

It could be resulted from bacterial, virus and chemical inflammation of the prostate.The cause of Prostatitis is often unclear. It is least common and least well known prostate problems.

This problem affects more young and middle age men than the elderly. The age between 30 to 50 years old is the period of prostatitis development in men.

Types of Prostatitis?
There are 4 types of Prostatitis;
1.Acute bacterial prostatitis
2.Chronic bacterial prostatitis
3.Chronic prostatitis without infection
4.Symptomatic inflammatory prostatitis

1. Acute bacterial prostatitis
Causes of acute bacterial prostatitis
Acute bacterial prostatitis is caused by bacterial infection of the prostate, the same bacteria that cause bladder infections. These bacteria include E. coli, Klebsiella, and Proteus would spread from the bladder or urethra.

Acute prostatitis is usually associated with lower urinary infection, spreading from the bladder or it may acquire from sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), such as gonorrhoea or chlamydia.

The infection can also spread to the prostate through the blood stream, directly from an adjacent organ, or as a complication of prostate biopsy.

Symptoms of acute bacterial prostatitis
• High temperature with fever.
• Chill or pain felt between the anus and the scrotum. Often causing discomfort
  on sitting and sometimes in the testicles and lower back
  as well.
• Burning discomfort and painful when passing urine.
• Urge and frequency of urination.
• Dysuria (difficulty in passing urine).
• Shakes

2. Chronic bacterial prostatitis
Causes of chronic bacterial prostatitis    
Chronic bacterial prostatitis is caused by an ongoing bacterial infection in the prostate. Usually it does not show any symptoms but low grade infection may occur due to a bladder infection.

Symptoms of chronic bacterial prostatitis  
Symptoms of chronic bacterial prostatitis can be identified by persistent genital or pelvic pain for weeks or months. It can be blamed on chronic inflammation of the prostate gland. In the past, chronic inflammation of the prostate gland thought to be caused by an infection.

3. Chronic prostatitis without infection
Causes of chronic prostatitis without infection
The term “chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CPPS)” is used instead of chronic prostatitis without infection. The cause of chronic prostatitis without infection is not known.

Symptoms of chronic prostatitis without infection
Symptoms of chronic prostatitis without infection are recurrent pelvic, testicle or rectal pain without evidence of bladder infection. Other symptoms include difficulties and painful urination or ejaculation.

4. Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis
Causes of asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis
A patient will be diagnosed with asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis when he does not complain of pain or discomfort and any other common symptoms of prostatitis, such as difficulty with urination, fever, and lower back and pelvic pain.

But there are traces of immune cells or has infection fighting cells present in his semen.

The cause of asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis is not clearly understood.

Symptoms of asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis
Basically, there are no symptoms. Usually asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis is diagnosed during evaluation for other conditions, such as infertility test or testing for prostate cancer.

However, since signs of asymptomatic prostatic inflammation may sometimes be associated with prostate cancer.

Depending on what caused prostatitis, it would come gradually or suddenly. Prostatitis might get better quickly by itself or with treatment.

Some types of prostatitis would last for months and keep recurring, example; chronic prostatitis.