What Does Prostatitis Feel Like?

Prostatitis is a disease that causes a man’s prostate gland to become inflamed. This disease can have no symptoms or it may cause uncomfortable symptoms that may recur. A patient’s individual symptoms should be discussed with a doctor.

Common Symptoms

• Prostatitis often includes pain in the genitals and pelvic area, urination problems and difficulties with ejaculation, according to the Mayo Clinic. Urination can become painful, more frequent and hesitant.

Acute Bacterial Prostatitis

• Individuals with acute bacterial prostatitis may experience nausea, vomiting or high fever because of a sudden infection.

Chronic Prostatitis

• Men with chronic prostatitis can develop recurring urinary tract infections that alternate with periods of little or no symptoms of prostatitis.

Asymptomatic Inflammatory Prostatitis

• Prostatitis can occur with no symptoms or signs and might only be discovered through an examination for another medical condition.

Testing

• A doctor may perform a digital exam in which he inserts his gloved finger into a patient’s rectum and feels the surface of the prostate to identify inflammation or enlargement. Urine and semen testing can be used to find bacteria and other cells that are present in prostatitis cases.