Show and can occur at any age Its primary symptom is pain especially in the perineum the area between the scrotum and the anus) the lower back and often in the '' penis and testes' The classic uri-nary symptoms of prostatitis such as frequent urges and biim- - j MEDICAL STUDIES INDICATE 4 'in MOST PEOPLE SUFFER ing also are present The differ- - :W ence between chronic bacterial prostatitis and chronic prostatitis' is that the urine in the latter condition does not contain bacteria A ' Chronic prostatitis is either inflammatory or honinflamma- tory In the inflammatory form V If a cause v ? SilCn 3SCare ’ '' r present desp“ 'he ' uiS'absence fc of can't beuaitafound the the nohin- - "' '!Sj AV - : syniptonw form these Mstillcanbeiinfection- - ®rdiev£dj®r'tare absent': As there are no bacteria to hunt down antibiotics don’t I ' Work Symptoms come and go for no apparent reason The dition jrequires a thorough ation Possible causes include an 'autoirrunune disorder a neuron muscular problemor bladder-- : neck' dysfunction1' Unless and until a' cause is found treatment consist of measures toalleviate the symp- toms'' Warm baths' helpas do medications that relax iciesoftheprostate V Prostatitis especially the bac: : terial form can falsely elevate the to test for Before cancer prostate ting to a biopsy be sure to look for and treat the prostadtis The II PSA then returns to normal PSA levels measured Visit wwwparadocom for more information and online resources PARADE June 20 2004 PAGE 9 f: 68 HEARING LOSS WHEN NAKED r |