What is prostatitis?

Acute prostatitis is an inflammation of the prostate gland. Chronic prostatitis is swelling and irritation (inflammation) of the prostate gland that develops slowly and continues for a long period of time.

How do members experience prostatitis?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with prostatitis*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for prostatitis*

*Data from patients with prostatitis, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Compare treatments taken by people with prostatitis*

Treatment
Perceived effectiveness
Side effects
Total evaluations
Tried for
Treatment

(Cipro)
Perceived effectiveness
No evaluations
Side effects
No evaluations
Total evaluations
0
Tried for
prostatitis (1)

*Data from patients with prostatitis, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Who has prostatitis on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 8
30s 48
40s 61
50s 66
60s 57
70+ 51

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 284
Female 8