Sneezing during Micturition: A Possible Trigger of Acute Bacterial Prostatitis.
A perfectly well 39-year-old man sneezed during micturition and developed classic features of acute bacterial prostatitis corroborated by laboratory evidence of prostatic inflammation/infection. The prostate-specific antigen level at presentation was 9.6 ng/mL and declined to 1.23 ng/mL one month later on levofloxacin. This is the first report in the medical literature of sneezing while voiding being a possible trigger of acute bacterial prostatitis. A biologically plausible mechanism is provided.
Department of Surgery, Radiology, Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Section of Surgery, Division of Urology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica.
William Derval
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Aiken