Chronic Prostatitis is a common and debilitating condition affecting 5-12% of men worldwide. The most common form is category III, or Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome. Cutting-edge clinical research has led to advancements in the diagnosis and treatment of prostatitis, a group of conditions that is at once extremely common, poorly understood, inadequately treated and under-researched. In Chronic Prostatitis / Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome, the author provides today's most current information covering the four categories of prostatitis (acute, chronic bacterial, CPPS and asymptomatic inflammation). A diverse international group of contributors that includes Urologists (academic, primary care and front line private practice), scientists, psychologists, and pain specialists from the National Institutes of Health provide the reader with novel approaches to helping their patients. The chapters in this important new work cover general evaluation of the prostatitis patient, the approach to acute prostatitis, chronic bacterial prostatitis and chronic pelvic pain syndrome, evidence behind individual therapies and ancillary topics such as erectile dysfunction, infertility, the link between chronic prostatitis and prostate cancer, male interstitial cystitis and the potential etiologic role of calcifying nanoparticles. Chronic Prostatitis / Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome offers novel approaches to diagnosing this condition as well as providing ways in which to ease the suffering of the patient with prostatitis.

Inhalt
Evaluation of the Prostatitis Patient.- Acute Bacterial Prostatitis.- Chronic Bacterial Prostatitis.- Prostatitis in the Immunocompromised Patient.- Quality of Life and Economic Impact of Chronic Prostatitis.- Antibiotic Therapy in Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome.- Alpha-Blocker Therapy for Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome.- Phytotherapy and the Prostatitis Syndromes.- Neuromuscular and Psychoactive Treatments for Chronic Prostatitis.- The Role of Surgery and Minimally Invasive Prostate Therapies in Prostatitis.- Physical Therapy for Chronic Prostatitis /Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome.- A Biopsychosocial Therapy Model for Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome.- Pain Management in Chronic Prostatitis.- Sexual Dysfunction and Infertility in Chronic Prostatitis.- Interstitial Cystitis in Men: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Similarities to Chronic Prostatitis.- Category IV Prostatitis: Implications for Prostate Cancer Screening, Diagnosis, and Carcinogenesis.- The Role of Nanobacteria/Calcifying Nanoparticles in Prostate Disease.- Strategies for Increasing the Understanding of Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome.- Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome: The Past, Present, and Future.- Therapy for Category III Prostatitis: A Synthesis.