Chronic pelvic pain syndrome as prevalent in teens as older males

Queen’s University research team has found that a painful pelvic affliction associated with adult men occurs as frequently in adolescent boys.

Chronic prostatitis or chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) is a urogenital disease associated with persistent and life-altering pelvic and genital pain.

This is the first study to estimate the prevalence of CP-like symptoms in adolescent males, and to show the negative impact that pain, urinary symptoms, and depression have on boys’ quality of life. The study is published in the British Journal of Urology .