Atlas Rehabilitation and Pain Medicine,
located on Park Avenue South at 31st Street in Manhattan, New York
and in Millburn, New Jersey
can provide pain management and treatment for chronic prostatitis..
Prostatitis, chronic prostatitis and sometimes called chronic pelvic
pain syndrome CP/CPPS can be treated.
Chronic prostatitis is
characterized by the feeling of having to urinate frequently,
discomfort during urination, as well as discomfort when the bladder
is full. Oftentimes one may have to get up many time each
night to urinate.
The prostate is part of male sexual anatomy. It is a small gland
which surrounds part of the urethra (the "tube" that carries urine
from the bladder to the penis). The prostate is located
approximately 2 inches inward from the anus.
The prostate is made up of many small glands which are connected
together. There are somewhere between 20 and 60 of these small
glands called acini in the prostate. Each bunch connects to the
urethra.
Prostatitis, which is an inflammation of the prostate or a pain in
the prostate similar to that is caused by an inflammation.
What are some of the most important facts about prostatitis?
Correct diagnosis is the key to the management of prostatitis.
Prostatitis cannot always be cured but the pain can be managed.
Treatment should be followed even if symptoms have improved.
Patients with prostatitis are not at higher risk for developing
prostate cancer.
There is no reason to discontinue normal sexual relations unless
they are uncomfortable, usually during an acute phase.
One can live a reasonably normal life with prostatitis.
If you need your painful prostate diagnosis managed the doctors of
the Atlas Rehabilitation and Pain Medicine of Manhattan, New York and Millburn, New Jersey would be happy to
see you for a consultation and help you learn about the treatment
options available to you.