Clinical features and urodynamic findings in elderly men with chronic prostatitis

Abstract

Objectives To investigate the complication rate of chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome in men with lower urinary tract symptoms, and to clarify their clinical features and urodynamic findings. Methods We retrospectively reviewed the clinical data of treatment‐naïve men with lower urinary tract symptoms. Patients were divided into two groups (chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome + lower urinary tract symptoms and lower urinary tract symptoms only) according to the presence or absence of chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome, and the patient characteristics as well as the parameters of lower urinary tract symptoms and lower urinary tract function assessed by urodynamics were compared. The diagnostic criteria for chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome included a complaint of pelvic pain for ≥3 months, National Institutes of Health Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index pain subscore ≥4, and negative culture of a urine specimen collected after prostate massage. Results Out of 386 men, 123 (31.9%) had chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome. Parameters of lower urinary tract symptoms and National Institutes of Health Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index scores were significantly higher in the chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome + lower urinary tract symptoms group. Although there were no significant intergroup differences in voiding parameters such as maximum flow rate and bladder outlet obstruction index, storage functions such as the incidence of detrusor overactivity and bladder compliance were significantly reduced in the chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome + lower urinary tract symptoms group. The multivariable regression analysis revealed that a low serum total testosterone level (<3.5 ng/mL), complications of hyperlipidemia, and presence of overactive bladder and detrusor overactivity were significantly associated with the development of chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome. Conclusions Chronic prostatitis causes a significant decrease in storage function, such as an increase in detrusor overactivity. Additionally, low serum testosterone levels and hyperlipidemia were found to be significantly associated with the development of chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome in men with lower urinary tract symptoms.

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“…LUTS often accompanies this syndrome. It can be said that bladder outlet dysfunction, bladder neck hyperplasia, and pelvic floor muscle spasm may be among the causes thought to be responsible for these symptoms 28 . It is also thought that prostatic inflammation is an important factor influencing prostate enlargement, LUTS progression, and prostatitis.…”

“…It can be said that bladder outlet dysfunction, bladder neck hyperplasia, and pelvic floor muscle spasm may be among the causes thought to be responsible for these symptoms. 28 It is also thought that prostatic inflammation is an important factor influencing prostate enlargement, LUTS progression, and prostatitis. Chronic inflammation/neuroinflammation is the result of the natural, irregular acute phase response of the immune system that affects the surrounding neural tissues at molecular, structural, and functional levels.…”