Prostatitis is a commonly and frequently encountered disease in the young and middle-aged males. In accordance with the clinical features, it can be divided into acute and chronic, or bacterial and non-bacterial prostatitis. Clinically, chronic and non-bacterial prostatitis are most common. Acute prostatitis is usually caused by bacteria infection, manifested mainly by frequency, urgency and pain in urination, distending pain and discomfort in the perineum, and dysuria.
It belongs to the category of "Dribbling Syndrome" and is seldom seen clinically. In addition to a few cases developed from acute prostatitis, most patients in chronic prostatitis do not have any definite history of acute infection and clinically frequency and urgency of urination, dribbling urination, discomfort in the lower abdomen, perineum and lumbosacral region, and urethral dribbling of white substance are the main manifestations.
Category of Prostatitis in TCM
Acute prostatitis
Chronic prostatitis
Bacterial prostatitis
Non-bacterial prostatitis