What is Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis?
What is Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis?
- Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis: Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis is a symptomless microscopic condition of the prostate gland. It should be distinguished from other forms of prostatitis such as chronic bacterial prostatitis, acute bacterial prostatitis and chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CPPS).
- Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis: An autosomal dominant porphyria that is due to a deficiency of HYDROXYMETHYLBILANE SYNTHASE in the LIVER, the third enzyme in the 8-enzyme biosynthetic pathway of HEME. Clinical features are recurrent and life-threatening neurologic disturbances, ABDOMINAL PAIN, and elevated level of AMINOLEVULINIC ACID and PORPHOBILINOGEN in the urine.
Source - Diseases Database
Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis, or a subtype of Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis: Introduction
Types of Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis:
Broader types of Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis:
How serious is Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis?
Complications of Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis:
see complications of Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis
What causes Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis?
Causes of Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis: see causes of Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis
What are the symptoms of Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis?
Symptoms of Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis:
see symptoms of Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis
Complications of Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis:
see complications of Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis
Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis:
see treatments for Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis
Research for Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis:
see research for Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis
Society issues for Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis
Hospitalization statistics for Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis:
- 0.023% (2,982) of hospital consultant episodes were for inflammatory diseases of prostate in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 95% of hospital consultant episodes for inflammatory diseases of prostate required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 100% of hospital consultant episodes for inflammatory diseases of prostate were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 14% of hospital consultant episodes for inflammatory diseases of prostate required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 4.7 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for inflammatory diseases of prostate in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 4 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for inflammatory diseases of prostate in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 60 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for inflammatory diseases of prostate in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Organs Affected by Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis:
Organs and body systems related to Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis include:
Name and Aliases of Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis
Main name of condition: Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis
Other names or spellings for Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis:
AIP
PBG deaminase deficiency, Porphobilinogen deaminase deficiency, Pyrroloporphyria, Uroporphyrinogen synthase deficiency, Acute intermittent porphyria
Source - Diseases Database
PBGD deficiency, Porphobilinogen deaminase deficiency, Porphyria, Swedish type, UPS deficiency, Uroporphyrinogen synthase deficiency, Acute intermittent porphyria
Source - Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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