Male Chronic Pelvic Pain: AUA Guideline: Part II Treatment of Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome

We usually think of pain in response to tissue injury that resolves with healing. We now know that pain can also derive from neurologic origins. Effective treatment of CP/CPPS will require better understanding of what is causing persistence of the pain in addition to further testing of therapies under investigation to establish a role in patient care.