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Hello doctor,can you please guide me.what happens to prostate when it inflame(non bacterial prostatitis)and to veins of prostate, working of prostate?

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Swells: Most prostatitis is associated with swelling and inflammation of the prostate. This usually causes more frequent urination, difficulty emptying the bladder and sometimes pain with urination or rectal or back pain.

Answered 12/12/2016

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