PURPOSE Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS, NIH category III) accounts for 90-95% of prostatitis cases. However, standard treatment has not yet been established. It is known that polyphenols have an inhibitory effect on inflammation by their antioxidative capacity, and oligonol, a polyphenol derivative, has much higher bioavailability and bioactivity than common polypheno...

Traditionally, the incidence of erectile dysfunction (ED) increases with age a man, evolutionarily protecting him from passing on old, defective genes to his offspring by limiting participation in sexual activity. Nevertheless, modern world, only 1 % contacts are carried out for purpose reproduction, rest – recreational and social purpose. In addition, there has been an increasing number cases ...

The purpose of this study is to identify significant immune-system related for symptom of patients with prostatic inflammation in order to investigate the etiology of prostatic inflammation which may relate to potentially chronic prostatitis (CP). We investigated the expression of immune system-related biomarkers such as Interleukin (IL) -6 (humoral immunity), CD-3 (T-lymphocyte), and CD-163 (m...

AIM To investigate whether chronic bacterial prostatitis might increase oxidative stress and oxidative damage in chronic bacterial prostatitis patients (CBPP), and to explore its possible mechanism. METHODS Enrolled in a case-control study were 70 randomly sampled CBPP and 70 randomly sampled healthy adult volunteers (HAV), on whom plasma nitric oxide (NO), vitamin C (VC), vitamin E (VE) and ...

PURPOSE To explore the value and significance of neutrophil elastase (NE) in diagnosis of type III prostatitis. MATERIALS AND METHODS The prospective study recruited 123 patients diagnosed with type III prostatitis (IIIA, 36 cases; IIIB, 87 cases) and 84 healthy controls, between April 2008 and July 2012. NE concentrations in expressed prostatic secretions (EPS), EPS routine examination, bact...

The review presents modern aspects of the epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, drug treatment chronic prostatitis. We performed a comprehensive search using multiple databases. There is still no single pharmacological approach in management patients with prostate. Future clinical trials should include full report their methods including adequate masking, consistent assessment all patient-impo...

AIM To determine the drug action mechanism of pollen extract EA-10, P5 on the treatment of chronic prostatitis (CP) or infertility with CP. METHODS Malondiadehyde (MDA), superoxide dismutase (SOD), and nitrogen monoxide (NO) were measured by biochemical assay, and zinc content was assayed by atomical spectrophotography in the pre-treatment and post-treatment of CP or infertility with CP. RE...