Rectal Pain or Itching

Occasionally, an infection in the prostate ("prostatitis") can cause symptoms in the rectum or buttock. Please review the following symptoms that suggest a prostate problem:

• pain in the penis or testicles
• frequent urinating
• burning upon urinating
• difficulty starting your urine stream or inability to pass urine
• cloudiness or blood in the urine
• blood in your semen
• pain when you ejaculate.

Do you have one or more of these symptoms? Yes I have one or more symptoms that suggest prostatitis. No, I do not have these symptoms.

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Online Medical Reviewer: Faculty of Harvard Medical School Date Last Reviewed: 7/13/2006 Date Last Modified: 6/21/2006 Source: from Harvard Health Decision Guides, Harvard Health Publications, Copyright © 2007 by President and Fellows of Harvard College. All rights reserved. Used with permission of StayWell.

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