|Articles|August 1, 2004

Prostatitis carries a high price--in more ways than one

Chronic prostatitis carries a high price-both on the health care system and society in general. Two separate studies demonstrate those costs may be 1.7 times higher than for men without prostatitis and perhaps 1.5 times higher than for another debilitating chronic pain syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis.

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