Painful or inflammatory condition affecting the prostate gland with or without bacterial etiology, often characterized by urogenital pain, voiding symptoms, and/or sexual dysfunction
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Acute prostatitis (class I):
Acutely ill with fever, chills, malaise
Low back pain, myalgias
Nausea, vomiting
Frequency, urgency, dysuria, nocturia
Prostatodynia, pelvic pain, perineal pai...
NSAIDs for analgesia
α1-blockers for lower urinary tract symptoms (obstructive/voiding symptoms)
Antipyretics/stool softeners/hydration
Sitz baths to relieve pain and spasm
Urina...
Fever and dysuria usually resolve in 2 to 6 days.
Acute infection...
Prostate Cancer; Prostatic Hyperplasia, Benign (BPH); Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) in Males
Algorithm: Hematuria
N41.8 Other inflammatory diseases of prostate
N41 Inflammatory diseases of prostate
N41.4 Granulomatous prostatitis
N41.1 Chronic prostatitis
N41.0 Acute prostatitis
N41.3 Prostatocystitis
N41.2 ...
Prostatic massage is contraindicated in acute prostatitis.
Fluoroquinolones are recommended first-line antibiotic for bacterial prostatitis.
Fourteen to 30 days of antibiotic therapy is ...
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FIGURE 28.20. Hematuria. This field shows a large number of red blood cells (RBCs) accompanied by one polymorphonuclear neutrophil in the sediment. Note that the RBCs appear to be regularly shaped, biconcave disks. (Bright-field microscopy, 3160.)
FIGURE 28.20. Hematuria. This field shows a large number of red blood cells (RBCs) accompanied by one polymorphonuclear neutrophil in the ...