Prostatitis has been broken down into four different categories. There’s your first category which is classified as Acute bacterial prostatitis. There’s the second category that has been classified as Chronic bacterial prostatitis. The third category has been classified as Chronic nonbacterial prostatitis and then there’s the fourth category which is called Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis. With each category comes different types of prostatitis symptoms.
Take a look at acute bacterial prostatitis. When you are dealing with this form of prostatitis, the signs and prostatitis symptoms will generally come on suddenly to you. These symptoms can include:
- Fever and chills
- flu-like symptoms
- pain in the prostate
- lower back or groin
- painful ejaculation
- urinary problems such as increased urination, frequency, difficulty or pain when urinating. Urine could have blood in it and you may have the inability to completely empty your bladder.
Then there’s chronic bacterial prostatitis. With this form of prostatitis, the signs and symptoms actually take longer to develop and are said to not be as sever as acute prostatitis. The symptoms can include:
- frequent and urgent need to urinate
- pain in pelvic area
- difficulty starting to urinate or diminished urine flow
- painful ejaculation
- recurring bladder infections
- occasional blood in semen or in urine
- fever
- pain in the lower back and genital area
- excessive urination during the night
When somebody is dealing with Chronic nonbacterial prostatitis, it’s said that the signs and symptoms are similar to that of chronic bacterial prostatitis, however one major difference between the two is that if you are dealing with Chronic nonbacterial prostatitis then you will not have a fever. However it’s best to make an appointment with your doctor so that he or she can actually determine which case of prostatitis you are suffering from.
When dealing with Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis there are two forms to take a look at. There’s the inflammatory form where no infection is found and then there’s the non inflammatory form that also shows no inflammation is found. The cause for this form of prostatitis is unknown but is believed that a virus or chlamydia could be responsible.
Since prostatitis symptoms are very similiar to other types of conditions, such as: Bladder infections, bladder cancer or prostate enlargement it’s always best to consult a doctor so that he or she can diagnose exactly what is going on.
Posted on July 11th, 2008 by admin
Filed under: Prostatitis
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