1. Prostatitis - acute : Prevention  (Trust Mark: Doctor-Reviewed)
Not all types of prostatitis are preventable. You can prevent infections caused by STDs by practicing safer-sex behaviors.• Reviewer: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; and Louis S. Liou, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Urology, Department of Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

2. Prostatitis : Prevention  (Trust Mark: Doctor-Reviewed)
Potential sources of infection should be avoided. Good perineal hygiene should be maintained and sex should be avoided when one's partner has an active bacterial vaginal infection. If the kidneys, bladder, or other genitourinary organs are infecte...• Author: David A. Cramer MD