Post Date December, 03 2023
New York Journal of Urology reported that prostatitis is very common in healthy men in the United States, and many of these men also have benign prostatic hyperplasia (bph). Researchers do not know whether there is a real relationship between the two or whether there is a confusion of symptoms.
Dr mary mcnaughton collins of the massachusetts general hospital in boston and his colleagues analyzed the data of 31682 american health professionals aged 40-75 in 1986. These people participated in professional health follow-up study. In 1992, participants provided information about urology diagnosis, lower urinary tract symptoms and other clinical and lifestyle information.
Researchers found that 16% of men reported a history of prostatitis. Among men who reported a history of bph, the probability of having a history of prostatitis increased by 7.7 times. They said that this result was very obvious, because more than 50% of patients with prostatitis reported bph, and more than 1/3 of patients with bph reported prostatitis.
Doctor et al. identified several factors related to prostatitis. They think this will help to identify this.
The research team pointed out that male patients with moderate lower urinary tract symptoms were 1.8 times more likely to have prostatitis, and male patients with severe lower urinary tract symptoms were 2.8 times more likely to have prostatitis. Prostatitis is also related to the history of sexually transmitted diseases (1.8 times more likely), stress at home (1.5 times more likely) and stress at work (1.2 times more likely).
