Key Points for Diagnosis:
(1) This disease occurs frequently in the young and middle-aged males with history of unclean sexual intercourse and frequent masturbation.

(2) The main clinical manifestations in acute prostate are frequent, urgent and burning pain in urination, distending pain and discomfort in the perineum, simultaneously accompanied by chills, fever, hematuria, purulent secretion in the meatus urinarius, interrupted urination, descending sensation in the anus, tenesmus, lassitude, etc. The main clinical manifestations in chronic prostatitis are frequent and urgent urination, dribbling urination, insidious pain and discomfort in the lower abdomen, perineum and lumbosacral region, and urethral dribbling of white substance, simultaneously accompanied by burning and itching sensation in the urethra, insomnia, dream-disturbed sleep, painful ejaculation, impotence, premature ejaculation, seminal emission, and sterility.

(3) In the rectal touch, full and swollen prostate can be palpated with soft nature and obvious tenderness in acute prostatitis. Fluctuation sensation can be palpated in formation of abscess. In the rectal touch in chronic prostariffs, prostate is in slight tenderness, tough nature and uneven surface, and sometimes slight hypertrophy. If the duration is longer and complicated with fibrosis, the size of the prostate can be shrunk and hard, with palpable nodes on the surface.

In TCM, a disease or a symptom might be caused by one pathogenic factor, even two or three pathogenic factors. When diagnosing a disease or a symptom, TCM doctors must follow the principle of "Syndrome Dfferentiation", and then "Suit the Remedy to the Case". In order to gain a more definite and valuable diagnosis, it's important and necessary for the doctor to learn the detailed health information of the patient, including his/her disease duration, age, sex, height, weight, family history, urine, stool, diet, sleep, sweat, energy, mood (emotion), as well as the tongue conditions and the palm conditions, etc. If you would want our expert to create a TCM diagnosis, you're welcome to contact us.