Prostatitis

About 50% of men will experience symptoms of prostatitis during their lifetime, but many do not know what this condition is. Prostatitis is a general term for inflammation of the prostate. This condition can occur in men of any age. Prostatitis is not cancer, and there is no evidence that it leads to prostate cancer.

Prostatitis is often difficult to diagnose and treat. There are three different forms of prostatitis — acute bacterial, chronic bacterial, and chronic nonbacterial — and treatment may be different for each. Chronic nonbacterial prostatitis is the most common form of this condition, and acute bacterial prostatitis is the least common but most severe form.