Female Prostatitis

[Arnon Krongrad, MD]

So normally we tend to think of the prostate as a male organ. The fact is that females have a homologue: The peri-urethral glands names after Alexander Skene, a Scottish gynecologist. The Skene glands can enlarge and make PSA, a protein expressed to high concentration by the male prostate.

Now comes a comment from an American researcher about female prostatitis. It was made at the First National Prostate Cancer Conference: A Cry for Life!” that was held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 7-8 December, 2009 (see file, attached):

Dr. Ablin also made brief, but important reference to a little known fact, that women have a prostate gland. And, while thus far have a very low, at best, incidence of prostate cancer, women get prostatitis; and in the case of the infectious ‘type’ can contribute through sexual intercourse to prostatitis in their male partner and possible long-range ensuing consequences.

Has anyone heard or read anything else about this idea?