SYMPTOMS OF PROSTATITIS: TEST NIH-CPSI

As a simple test, performed at home, to suspect the presence of prostatitis?

What are the signs of prostatitis may indicate the transition of the disease into a chronic form, it is still possible to visit the doctor roughly estimate the severity of symptoms and the severity of the prostate?

Yes, there is a questionnaire-test NIH-CPSI, which is widespread in the world and allows, through self-completion questionnaires to learn more about their illness and to identify the main symptoms of prostatitis when available.

The questionnaire scale symptoms of chronic prostatitis

1. Were You over the past week the discomfort or pain in the following locations:

• Crotch – Yes (1) No (0)
• Scrotum – the same
• The penis is the same
• Lower abdomen – the same

2. Have You had any in the last week are the signs of prostatitis:

• Pain, burning sensation during urination – Yes (1) No (0)
• Pain or discomfort during ejaculation – Yes (1) No (0)

3. How many times over the past week was marked pain or discomfort in the above areas:

• Never – 0
• Rare – 1
• Sometimes 2
• Often – 3
• Usually 4
• Always – 5

4. How would You rate the intensity of pain at the time, when they bothered on a scale from 0 (no pain) to 10 (unbearable pain).

II. Urination disorders

5.Were you over the last week, a sign of prostatitis, as a feeling of incomplete emptying of the bladder after urination how often?

• Not – 0
• It was one out of five cases – 1
• Was 2 times of the five – 2
• In half of the cases – 3
• More than half of the cases – 4
• Almost always – 5.

6. How often in the last week You have a desire to empty the bladder sooner than two hours after the previous visits to the toilet?

• Never – 0
• 1 time of the five cases – 1
• 2 times out of 5 – 2
• 3 times out of five – 3
• 4 times of 5 – 4
• Almost always – 5

III. The impact of the disease on life

7. As the above symptoms of prostatitis affect Your lifestyle?

• No influence – 0
• Almost do not interfere – 1
• Some effect – 2
• Significantly disrupt their way of life – 3

8. How often do you think about their symptoms of prostatitis for the last week

• No – 0
• Almost thought 1
• Sometimes 2
• Often – 3

9. How would you live if the above symptoms of prostatitis would bother You throughout life:

• Wouldn't pay attention – 0
• Normally would have lived – 1
• Satisfactory – 2
• Mixed feelings – 3
• Unsatisfactory would be – 4
• Very bad – 5
• Awful