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• Antibiotics. A four week course is needed. The first antibiotic may be changed after the result of the urine test is back. The urine test finds which bacterium is causing the infection, and the best antibiotic to treat it.
• Paracetamol or ibuprofen ease pain and fever (high temperature). They are best taken regularly rather than 'now and then'. Stronger painkillers are sometimes needed.
• Laxatives can keep your stools (faeces) soft, if needed. They may help ease pain if you have hard stools in your rectum (back passage) pressing on your infected prostate.

What is the outlook?

• Acute infectionusually clears with antibiotics. However, it is important to take the full course to completely clear the infection. There is a risk that an acute infection may become a chronic (persistent) infection if you do not take the full course of antibiotics.
• Chronic infection may clear with antibiotics. However, infection recurs in some cases, and symptoms may recur or become persistent despite treatment.

Further help and information

British Prostatitis Support Association
Web: www.bps-assoc.org.uk/ A web-based organisation.

Prostate Research Campaign
10 Northfields Prospect, Putney Bridge Rd, London, SW18 1PE
Tel: 020 8877 5840
Web: www.prostate-research.org.uk/

© EMIS and PIP 2005 Updated: September 2005 PRODIGY Validated

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