Prostatitis: What is it?

Prostatitis is inflammation of the prostate gland, a small organ of the male genital tract located near the bladder and placed in close contact with the urethra.

The Types of Prostatitis

In addition to acute prostatitis of bacterial origin there are also:

Chronic prostatitis of bacterial origin;
Chronic prostatitis of non-bacterial origin;
Asymptomatic prostatitis.

It is worth reminding readers that the most recent classification of prostatitis distinguishes chronic non-bacterial prostatitis into two pathological subtypes: chronic inflammatory pelvic pain syndrome (type IIIA prostatitis) and chronic non-inflammatory pelvic pain syndrome (type IIIB prostatitis). ).

The subject of this article will be chronic prostatitis and the asymptomatic variant.