CP really is common

[GP2]

I know this is often discussed - the prevelence of chronic prostatitis / chronic pelvic pain syndrome in the wider male community.

A guy at work has been "massaging" around his groin area a lot(i wasn't prying honest!) at work & at the moment he is under stress awaiting his child's birth. My brother has an ex-colleague who had about of CP, went for a prostate massage & has now gone quiet on us. I'm going to ask my brother to get in contact with him.

I wonder how many quiet sufferers there are out there & how many of them see the symptoms as an inconvenience but not much more??

Greg

[Sleeper Service]

Funny you should mention that. That was one of the things I was looking at today in an abstract I was browsing. A survey in Switzerland of more than 1,700 males found an incidence of 9% with moderate to severe chronic prostatitis / chronic pelvic pain syndrome symptoms.

Here's a reprint (apologies to WebSlave if I'm spamming):

PREVALENCE OF PROSTATITIS SYMPTOMS AND LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOMS (LUTS) IN 1759 MEN USING VALIDATED QUESTIONNAIRES
Hochreiter W.W.1, Madersbacher S.2, Temml C.3, Zbrun S.1, Wolfensberger P.1, Studer U.E.1
1University of Bern, Department of Urology, Bern, Switzerland, 2Donauspital, Department of Urology, Vienna, Austria, 3City of Vienna, Department of Preventive Health, Vienna, Austria

These Swiss and Austrian researchers also tried to estimate how common chronic prostatitis / chronic pelvic pain syndrome might be compared with BPH as well as uncover what the risk factors might be through a Vienna-based health screening project that included 1,759 men aged 20 to 80 years. To look for LUTS and prostatitis symptoms, the investigators used the CPSI and the International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS). In addition, all participants underwent a detailed health examination, including physical assessment, evaluation of various lifestyle factors, medical history, and blood analysis. The median values on those scales increased with age--from 2.5 on the CPSI and 1 on the IPSS for men in their 20s to 5 on the CPSI and 7 on the IPSS for men in their 70s. Nine percent of all men had moderate to severe prostatitis symptoms, including 5.4 percent of men in their 20s, 6.3 percent of men in their 30s, 8.5 percent of men in their 40s, 11.7 percent of men in their 50s and 60s, and 13 percent of men in their 70s. Men with more severe prostatitis symptoms also complained of more severe LUTS, according to the IPSS scores. There was no correlation between common health risks, such as diabetes, coronary heart disease, hypertension, or overweight, and the degree of LUTS and prostatitis symptoms. In addition, there was no correlation with stress or consumption of alcohol, coffee, or spicy foods.

We could expect, perhaps, older guys to have dificulties, however this survey seems to show that almost 1 in 20 guys in their 20's and nearly 1 in 15 in their 30's have moderate to severe chronic prostatitis / chronic pelvic pain syndrome symptoms. To me that's a staggering set of figures.

Of course, not all of these are chronic cases, but nonetheless it's a huge section of the populace.

[Howden]

Interesting study. It seems likely that men with milder symptoms are keeping quiet and older men are less likely than younger men to look for help on the web. I have been told by uros that between 8 and 11% of men have prostatitis.

[Astrotitan]

A lot of men with mild symptoms do keep quiet about whats going on down there. When I told other guys at work of my problems many of them have mentioned that they have had and have the odd problem or two. I even start to notice people that make regular trips to the toilet, something that I never have payed attention to before. I think chronic prostatitis / chronic pelvic pain syndrome is more common that what we think.

[LightningTree]

A secretary where I work has a husband who has quietly suffered with this for 35 years. He is still waiting for the magic antibiotic.

I'm doing great. Just flew 6 hours on a plane, did a stressful job interview, flew home 7 hours, and I have not had any symptoms other than slightly sore thighs. Thank God for the stretching and relaxation, as far as I am concerned.