Acute prostatitis and chronic prostatitis are different in terms of symptoms, test results, and treatment. 1. Symptoms: Acute prostatitis starts suddenly, manifested by high fever, chills, urinary tract irritation symptoms such as frequent urination, urinary urgency, urinary pain, which can be combined with discomfort in the perineal area and suprapubic area. Chronic prostatitis is characterized by repeated episodes of frequent urination, urinary urgency, increased nocturia, incomplete urination, which can be combined with pain and discomfort in the perineum and pelvic area. Some patients also have mental symptoms, such as anxiety, depression, and even sexual dysfunction. 2. Examination: Acute prostatitis will find a large number of white blood cells and bacteria in the prostate fluid, there are also a large number of white blood cells in the urine, and routine blood tests often suggest that white blood cells and neutrophils are elevated. Chronic prostatitis is usually characterized by abnormalities in prostate fluid leukocytes and lecithin. 2. Treatment: acute prostatitis, antibiotics should be used immediately, such as cefdinir, etc., accompanied by urinary retention of patients, can be used to catheterization or suprapubic cystostomy drainage of urine, accompanied by abscess formation of patients, can be taken to transrectal ultrasound-guided puncture drainage. In chronic prostatitis, if there is bacterial infection, anti-infection treatment such as levofloxacin and clarithromycin should be actively used, and alpha-blockers such as tamsulosin and M-blockers such as tolterodine tartrate tablets should be given, and at the same time, prostate massage and biofeedback therapy are feasible. All the above drugs need to pay attention to the side effects and adverse reactions of drugs, please use the above drugs under the guidance of a doctor. If you have acute prostatitis or chronic prostatitis, it is recommended to consult a doctor in time.