Additional Facts
- Getting the right diagnosis is the key to taking care of prostatitis.
- Prostatitis does not always involve the prostate. The problem may be in the nearby tissues.
- Prostatitis can't always be cured, but its symptoms can be managed.
- Treatment should be followed even if you feel better.
- Patients with prostatitis aren't at higher risk for getting prostate cancer.
- There's no reason to stop normal sex unless it bothers you.
- You can live a reasonably normal life with prostatitis.