What is your score on the Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index (posted on home page)?
25-30
If you have been diagnosed with prostatitis, please tell us your story: age, duration of symptoms, treatments, results, and the like.
Age: 33
Symptoms: pressure/tightness throughout the lower abdomen -- right side more pronounced, sitting and leaning forward making it worse, wearing belts/tight pants very uncomfortable; urinary frequency/hesitancy; general feeling of malaise and weakness.
Duration of Symptoms: 13 years.
Treatments Tried: antibiotics, alpha-blockers, herbal medicines, intraprostatic antibiotic injection, generic quercetin, dietary and general lifestyle change... None seemed to make much difference. Physical symptoms somewhat better after all these years; psychologically as trapped as ever.
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Arnon Krongrad, MD
Do you speak any English? Can you tell us about your interest in prostatitis? You can fill out your profile through the Settings tab in the upper right.
Thank you.
Sep 24, 2010