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Risk factors
By Mayo Clinic staffAll forms of prostatitis are more common in young and middle-aged men.
Risk factors for bacterial prostatitis include:
- Infection in the bladder or urethra, the tube that transports both semen and urine to the penis
- Trauma from bicycling or horseback riding
- Dehydration
- Use of a urinary catheter, a tube inserted in the urethra to drain the bladder
- HIV infection
Risk factors for chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain aren't well understood. Research suggests that some men may inherit certain genes that make them more likely to develop the disorder.
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- Pontari MA. Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome. http://www.uptodate.com/home/index.html. Accessed Jan. 20, 2009.
- Schaeffer AJ. Clinical practice. Chronic prostatitis and the chronic pelvic pain syndrome. New England Journal of Medicine. 2006;355:1690-1698.
- Prostatitis: Symptoms, Causes and Treatments. Linthicum, MD: American Urological Association Foundation; 2005.
- Nickel J. Inflammatory conditions of the male genitourinary tract: Prostatitis and related conditions, orchitis, and epididymitis. In: Wein A, et al., eds. Campbell-Walsh Urology. 9th ed. Philadelphia, Pa.: Saunders Elsevier; 2007. http://www.mdconsult.com/das/book/body/117299121-3/794153691/1445/12.html#4-u1.0-B978-0-7216-0798-6..50011-X--cesec1_747. Accessed Jan. 21, 2009.
- Pontari MA. Etiologic theories of chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome. Current Urology Reports. 2007;8:307-312.
