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Prostatitis and Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome

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In 1995, the NIH-NIDDK defined four categories of prostatitis: Category 1, acute bacterial prostatitis; Category 2, chronic bacterial prostatitis; Category 3, chronic abacterial prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome; and Category 4, asymptomatic prostatitis (diagnosed only histologically). Among the symptomatic forms of prostatitis, Category 3 is by far the most common, representing over 90 % of all cases. This form of “prostatitis” is misnamed and therefore, frequently misdiagnosed and inappropriately treated. It should be correctly referred to only as chronic pelvic pain or pelvic pain syndrome. While this chapter includes discussion of all four categories of prostatitis, most of this chapter will be dedicated to the most common and most challenging, chronic pelvic pain syndrome. Because it represents a form of muscle dysfunction and/or a functional somatic syndrome, a non-urological perspective is included.

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Potts, J.M. (2012). Prostatitis and Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome. In: Potts, J. (eds) Essential Urology. Current Clinical Urology. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-62703-092-2_11

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