Symptoms -Pain or burning sensation when urinating (dysuria) -Difficulty urinating, such as dribbling or hesitant urination -Frequent urination, particularly at night (nocturia) -Urgent need to urinate -Pain in the area between the scrotum and rectum (perineum)

October 1995- The Prostatitis Foundation was chartered as a nonprofit organization.

1998- Research conferences, have been held to bring together prostatitis researchers. The conferences have been cosponsored by The Prostatitis Foundation and National Institutes of Health. Congress has appropriated some small amounts of money to prostatitis research.

1999- Research conferences have been held to bring together prostatitis researchers. The conferences have been cosponsored by The Prostatitis Foundation and National Institutes of Health. Congress has appropriated some small amounts of money to prostatitis research.

2000- Supporters of prostatitis research even before the Prostatitis Foundation was formed.

2005- Second five-year plan or clinical trials conclusively proved the value of many medicines, commonly prescribed for prostatitis, as being much superior to placebo in long-term patients.

2010- The Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of Urologic Chronic Pelvic Pain (MAPP) Network. The idea was to draw some other specialties into prostatitis research.