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Prostatitis abacteriana crónica - Overview

Nombres alternativos

Prostatitis no bacteriana; Prostatodinia; Síndrome de dolor pélvico crónico; SDPC; Prostatitis abacteriana de tipo crónico; Dolor genitourinario crónico

Definición:

Es el dolor y los síntomas urinarios que comprometen la glándula prostática u otras partes del área genital o las vías urinarias de un hombre. Esta afección no es causada por una infección bacteriana.

Ver también: prostatitis bacteriana crónica

Causas:

Los posibles factores de riesgo para la prostatitis abacteriana abarcan:

Bacterias
Hongos
Irritación ocasionada por el represamiento de la orina que fluye hacia la próstata
Parásitos (tricomónadas)
Virus
Químicos
Trastorno neurológico que compromete las vías urinarias bajas
Problemas con la educación de los esfínteres
Abuso sexual

El estrés de la vida y algunos factores psicológicos también pueden contribuir.

La mayoría de los pacientes con prostatitis crónica tienen la forma abacteriana.

Anatomía reproductiva masculina

Reviewed last on: 9/30/2009
David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; and Scott Miller, MD, Urologist in private practice in Atlanta, GA. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Nickel JC. Inflammatory conditions of the male genitourinary tract: Prostatitis and related conditions, orchitis, and epididymitis. In: Wein AJ, ed. Campbell-Walsh Urology. 9th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 9.

Barry MJ, McNaughton-Collins M. Benign prostate disease and prostatitis. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 130.

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