Prostatitis and infections are common causes of prostate issues in younger males.

“So for young males, those are prostatitis, so it goes hand in hand with epididymitis. So different infections of the prostate. The younger the male is, the more likely it is related to something that could be sexually transmitted. But another very common cause is what we call gram negative and anerobic bacteria. The prostate is right by the end of the colon. So if you have chronic constipation or if you have colitis or if you, even just an E-coli overgrowth in the colon is very likely to cause an infection of the prostate as well.”