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Prostatitis is an [[inflammation]] of the [[prostate]]. Because women do not have a prostate gland, it is a condition found only in [[men]], although women do have microscopic paraurethral [[Skene's gland]]s connected to the distal third of the [[urethra]] in the prevaginal space that are homologous to the prostate, and may cause symptoms. The term ''prostatitis'' refers, in its strictest sense, to [[histological]] (microscopic) [[inflammation]] of the tissue of the [[prostate]] gland. Like all forms of inflammation, it can be associated with an appropriate response of the body to an [[infection]], but it also occurs in the absence of an infection. | |||
The term ''prostatitis'' refers, in its strictest sense, to [[histological]] (microscopic) [[inflammation]] of the tissue of the [[prostate]] gland. Like all forms of inflammation, it can be associated with an appropriate response of the body to an infection, but it also occurs in the absence of infection. | |||
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Overview
Prostatitis is an inflammation of the prostate. Because women do not have a prostate gland, it is a condition found only in men, although women do have microscopic paraurethral Skene's glands connected to the distal third of the urethra in the prevaginal space that are homologous to the prostate, and may cause symptoms. The term prostatitis refers, in its strictest sense, to histological (microscopic) inflammation of the tissue of the prostate gland. Like all forms of inflammation, it can be associated with an appropriate response of the body to an infection, but it also occurs in the absence of an infection.