Patient education: Prostatitis
What is Prostatitis? – Prostatitis is an infection or inflammation of the prostate gland, a walnut-sized gland situated directly below the bladder in men.
What causes Prostatitis? – Prostatitis can be infectious (acute or chronic bacterial prostatitis) or noninfectious origin (Chronic pelvic pain syndrome). Acute and chronic bacterial prostatitis is most commonly caused by Escherichia Coli. In Chronic pelvic pain syndrome, the exact etiology remains unknown.
What are the symptoms of Prostatitis? –
· Role of Bacteriophage therapy in Prostatitis– Phage therapy can be very effective in Acute and Chronic Prostatitis, even in Chronic pelvic pain syndrome when there are bacteria identified. Therapy with phages has some unique advantages over antibiotics and can also be used as combinational therapy. Bacteriophage therapy doesn’t offer 100 % results.
For more detailed information and treatment please contact us at info@eptc.ge
References
1.Amboss- https://www.amboss.com/us/library#xid=ti0Xtf&term=Prostatitis 7. Millán-rodríguez F, Palou J, Bujons-tur A, et al. Acute bacterial prostatitis: two different sub-categories according to a previous manipulation of the lower urinary tract. World J Urol. 2005; 24(1): pp. 45–50. doi: 10.1007/s00345-005-0040-4.
· 8. Pontari M. Chronic Prostatitis and Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome. In: Post TW, ed. UpToDate. Waltham, MA: UpToDate. https://www.uptodate.com/contents/chronic-prostatitis-chronic-pelvic-pain-syndrome. Last updated July 30, 2015. Accessed March 29, 2017.
· 9. Meyrier A, Fekete T. Chronic Bacterial Prostatitis. In: Post TW, ed. UpToDate. Waltham, MA: UpToDate. https://www.uptodate.com/contents/chronic-bacterial-prostatitis. Last updated June 8, 2016. Accessed March 29, 2017.