passing infection on

[rob.s]

according to all the web sites I visited,prostatitis is not contagous,so if you have bacterial prostatitis how did you get it,and if there is bacteria present what would keep one from passing it through semen?
on the how did you get it issue,i understand that bacteria gets into the prosate and infects it,but why does the bacteria only effect the prosate?

[webslave]

This disease/condition/syndrome is not a STD. Best to forget the idea of "passing it on" etc. :|

And if you have true bacterial prostatitis with a verified bug and periodic UTIs, then this site isn't aimed at you.

[alprost]

'And if you have true bacterial prostatitis with a verified bug and periodic UTIs, then this site isn't aimed at you'

I agree with you re. 'passing it on/STd's etc. However, my prostatitis was initially caused by a bacterial infection. Cipro had no effect, but a course of Doxy reduced my symptoms to about 50%, and cleared the infection. Although I no longer have an active infection, I still have symptoms which my Uro feels are likely to be caused by muscle spasm and inflamation (I'm currently trying a course of Quercetin). Therefore, although the initiating event in MY CASE was an infection (which appears to be chronic), I still feel that this site IS relevant - for example, I'm currently sitting down on two towels folded lengthwise after 9 months of standing up at my desk for 7+ hours per day!