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Prostatitis and Anxiety Relationship

The relationship between prostatitis and anxiety, including the potential for a bidirectional relationship and the role of biological and psychosocial mechanisms.

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Does prostate infection causes tiredness and fatigue and anxiety and high heart rate

(prostatitis) — especially the acute, bacterial form — commonly produces systemic infection symptoms such as fever, chills and profound fatigue, and can therefore cause tiredness and marked exhaustion...

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Does prostatitis cause anxiety

Prostatitis and are consistently associated with higher rates of anxiety in clinical and population studies, and experimental work suggests prostate inflammation can produce anxiety-like behaviors—but...