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Disclaimer: This site collects and makes available scientifically sound information related to Chronic Prostatitis. It is in no way intended to replace the clinical advice of a licensed physician. Most citations are published as ResearchGate links. You are probably here for the Treatment Options part, which I highly recommend.
Created by longtime patient, this website has been born to fill the need for a concise resource on prostatitis, more specifically, on chronic bacterial prostatitis.
Today it is clearer than ever before that most, if not all cases of chronic prostatitis are caused by bacteria or other organisms.[1][2]
- it's difficult to build up a correct diagnosis
- it's difficult to find the appropriate drugs, apply them in the appropriate dose, and for the right amount of time
Because it's such a difficult condition to treat, there will naturally be countless quacks and charlatans trying to cash in on patients desperate for a cure. There are examples of this behavior both online and offline - eg. official looking websites or forums charging for access and touting unproven herbal "medicines", or clinics offering ridiculously priced treatments.
This site was created to counter the above by compiling a list of different treatment options that have either been scientifically proven to work, or there is good reasoning as to why they may work.
Regardless of treatment choice however, a large number of cases will relapse.This is the reason why vultures will be all over you as a patient with prostatitis. BEWARE of unproven 'alternative medicine' options, supplements touted by other websites. They are getting a commission to sell you unproven treatments. Don't let yourself be exploited this way, read between the lines, and the careful wording they use to describe their goods (eg. a wording that heavily implies, but does not explicitly state that their herbal supplements will help or cure you)!
[2] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/234000292_Prostatic_Stones_Evidence_of_a_Specific_Chemistry_Related_to_Infection_and_Presence_of_Bacterial_Imprints
