Prostatitis is a painful inflammation of the prostate or the areas around it. The prostate is a walnut-sized gland located just below the bladder in men. The prostate gland secretes semen that nourishes and transports sperm.

It generally affects men of all ages, but men in their 50’s or younger are generally affected. There could be a possible number of causes linked to inflammation or infection in the prostate gland. However, in many cases, the cause has not been identified.

Researchers have identified four types of prostatitis:

• chronic prostatitis or chronic pelvic pain syndrome
• acute bacterial prostatitis
• chronic bacterial prostatitis
• asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis