How to distinguish urethritis and prostatitis

Urethritis and prostatitis can be distinguished from clinical symptoms, prostatic fluid examination, B-ultrasound examination and other aspects.

1, clinical symptoms

urethritis patients with frequent micturition, urgency, urinary pain and other symptoms, will not appear pelvic pain symptoms. And prostatitis patients often pelvic pain, perineal pressure and other manifestations.

2, prostatic fluid examination

urethritis patients prostatic fluid examination results are mostly normal. Prostatitis patients for prostatic fluid examination, white blood cell count will be significantly increased.

3, B-ultrasound examination

urethritis patients do prostate B-ultrasound examination, no local obvious abnormalities. Prostatitis patients do B-ultrasound examination, often prostate swelling, volume increase and other manifestations.