The Chronic Prostatitis and Celiac Disease Connection

Interesting. My husband has gluten intolerance (not dx celiac, we just went off gluten when my son - adopted - did, and both found that we had problems if we consumed gluten when away from home. His father had prostate cancer and eventually died when it reached his liver.

His brother has chronic prostatitis and kidney stones. He has had prostate infections that have required hospitalization, iv antibiotics, and surgery. He does not follow a gluten free diet, and I wonder if he is celiac.

Can you tell me what article it was that says about the connections with IC and prostatitis. This is so interesting and just the links I am looking for.

I'm a 21 year old male who was recently just diagnosed with celiac disease and I've had chronic prostatitis for a couple of years now as well. This is very interesting stuff. I've been on a gluten-free diet for a few months now but still have symptoms in my bowels and prostate. Let me know if I can help in any way.

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I completely agree with the association prostatitis/celiac disease. In my case, it is sufficient to eat just a piece of bread to feel the pain from prostatitis within a few hours. There is no much literature about it, but since I have stopped eating bread, pasta and so on, my prostatitis has gone away. Hope my experience may help.

This is very interesting. I've been dealing with prostate inflammation or a year now. Tried most traditional methods, nothing seems to be working long term. I just did some saliva analysis and the doctor said that I was highly reactive to gluten! Nothing to lose, I'll try that.

Hmm, this is interesting. I have been dealing with prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome and am thinking about trying a gluten free diet. Thanks for sharing, all!

I'm 58, male. I have had lower pelvic pain at night for about 30 years. 5 years ago I stopped eating all gluten containing foods, (wheat, rye, and barley). Although my celiac test was negative, within a few weeks, the pelvic pain at night disappeared, only to reappear every time I have reintroduced gluten.

This is a great thread! Certain foods always upset my stomach more than others and like every typical person, I wrote it off to heartburn. It has been going on for years, then suddenly I went through this 3 or 4 month period of bloaty-ness. I couldn't even drive to work without un-doing my pants. Then the pee-urge hit horribly. I went to urgent care... typical bug corporation. "Oh, it must be a prostate problem, so here's some Terozin and you need to go see your doctor". Went to a doctor and got the same corporate junk. "This is what they said so here's some Advodart".

I went gluten-free as well as corn-free and I think soy is also a problem. These are all cheap ingredients that are added to everything. I dropped all this supposed doctor's medications and am getting better finally. Doctors are people just like us in some ways: busy. They have ten minutes to spend with you to make the daily quota. People need to use that big thing on their shoulders; it really does wonders, just trust it. Don't get bullied by a doctor who makes you feel somehow like you're not competent. Your modern day access to information and the time you spend researching your own problems may be far more than you will ever find in some 30+ year old education doctor trying to protect his degree with the typical arrogance they have.

That's my rant! Thanks for listening. We all have the power to investigate our issues. Don't put up with some doctor's unwillingness to help, just go find another one.

I googled my problem and ended up here, I have known I am allergic to wheat or gluten for a long time so I try to avoid it, however there was a sale on pizza and hot pockets at the store, I was eating that for about 2 days straight. I had to pee every 20 minutes all day long after the first day, and had to think back on what I had been eating. Now I'm back to eating mostly just meat, fruit, rice, beans, and vegetables. I seem to be recovered now. I take Doxazosin for my prostrate, however it doesn't work when I have pizza's and stuff. On occasion I will still have a flour tortilla. It costs money to eat gluten free, but a loaf of bread is almost 4 dollars now. Has anyone bought any an as seen on TV prostrate vitamins that worked? If so list the name brand.

Here's my story. I'm a 26 year old male. About a year ago I felt a variety of lower abdominal / pelvic symptoms: sharp pains in the intestines, sharp pains in the testicles, frequent night urination, sometimes painful urination, complete loss of libido, and horrendous premature ejaculation if not total erectile dysfunction.

After being cleared of a few different types of cancer (such as testicular) I was referred to the urologist. He said with regret that I had prostatitis and that I needed to start observing my diet and habits and figure out what would trigger it.

What I had learned was that some symptoms were being caused by toxins and stimulates that fed candida (intestinal - look it up). So up until 2 weeks ago I had been on a diet free of carbs, sugars, caffeine and of course alcohol. It was effective in eliminating the sharp pains. The prostate aches however, only subsided half a week ago when gluten was completely eliminated from my diet.

I'm no doctor. I could sit here and say that maybe my candida infection had caused me to become allergic to gluten, as it is a disease that damages intestinal integrity... but really, the lesson to be learned here is that we need to listen to our bodies, and understand that we are what we eat. Our mouths are not garbage disposals. Everything we choose to devour needs to be digested and those choices all have consequences. Study up on nutrition and try better diets. Non-infectious prostatitis doesn't have a quick cure, so make changes and be patient. Take a probiotic. Eat more vegetables. Etc. At the very least, you'll improve your immune system and overcome over ailments you never thought you could beat.

And yes, in my case prostatitis was certainly caused by my new found gluten intolerance, what caused my gluten intolerance I'm quite certain was candida. And what caused candida.... well, it goes on. Look after yourselves. A better diet will do a world of wonders for your health!