What is Prostatitis?
What is Prostatitis?
- Prostatitis: Prostatitis is an inflammation of the prostate gland, in men.
- Prostatitis: Inflammation of the prostate. (Dorland, 27th ed)
Source - Diseases Database
- Prostatitis: inflammation of the prostate gland characterized by perineal pain and irregular urination and (if severe) chills and fever.
Source - WordNet 2.1
Prostatitis: Introduction
Types of Prostatitis:
Types of Prostatitis:
Broader types of Prostatitis:
How serious is Prostatitis?
Complications of Prostatitis:
see complications of Prostatitis
What causes Prostatitis?
Causes of Prostatitis: see causes of Prostatitis
What are the symptoms of Prostatitis?
Symptoms of Prostatitis:
see symptoms of Prostatitis
Complications of Prostatitis:
see complications of Prostatitis
Prostatitis: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Prostatitis.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Prostatitis.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Prostatitis:
see treatments for Prostatitis
Research for Prostatitis:
see research for Prostatitis
Society issues for Prostatitis
Hospitalization statistics for Prostatitis:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and 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 Prostatitis:
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Name and Aliases of Prostatitis
Main name of condition: Prostatitis
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