Prostatitis (Prostate Inflammation): Or something else? Differential Diagnosis

Cardiovascular System (I00-I99).

  • Internal hemorrhoids

Mouth, esophagus (food pipe), stomach and intestines (K00-K67; K90-K93).

  • Anal fissures – mucosal tears in the wall of the anus (anal fissures).
  • Anal fistulas – ganglions in the wall of the anus.

Neoplasms – tumor diseases (C00-D48)

  • Prostate carcinoma (prostate cancer)

Psyche – nervous system (F00-F99; G00-G99)

  • Chronic pelvic pain in men (synonyms: anogenital symptom complex, chronic abacterial prostatitis, chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CPPS), chronic pelvic pain syndrome, prostatodynia, vegetative urogenital syndrome) – the cause of the complaints is vegetative dysregulation triggered by stress (CPPS is a component of prostatitis syndrome: see classification below).

Genitourinary system (kidneys, urinary tract – sex organs) (N00-N99).

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  • See also under pelvic pain; here: Chronic pelvic pain