The etiology of prostatitis is currently unclear; its formation/development can be attributed to many factors:
- infection (microcolonies, or biofilms on the surface of prostate stones),
- immunopathology diseases,
- stress, for which we mean the increased tone of the muscles in/of the pelvis and the increased sensitivity of the mechanoreceptors in the muscle fascia
- hormonal factors
- the abnormally increased closing pressure of the external sphincter
- the incomplete relaxation of the bladder,
- the increased intraprostatic pressure causing urine reflux to develop in the prostateducts and the acinars.