【一起学英语】第33期|Chronic intermittent prostatitis

D:Your doctor has asked me to have a word with you because he believes that you have had trouble with your prostate. He thinks you have had some prostatic infections. Do you feel you have had any trouble with your prostate?

P:Yes, Doctor. I have a lot of pain. Every few months I have another bout of severe discomfort. It feels like a lot of pressure and a burning sensation just above my groin.

D:Do you have any problems with urinating？What's the flow like?

P:It's good but sometimes when I have these bouts it's quite slow.

D:When you feel you need to pass water, can you postpone going to the toilet, or do you really need to go quite quickly?

P:Normally, Doctor, I'm all right, but again if I have an infection I need to get there quite quickly and I'm going to the toilet quite a lot of at that time.

D:When you start to pass water, is the stream continuous or does it stop and start?

P:It's always continuous, Doctor.

D:Are you able to stop passing water quite well, or does it dribble on?

P:It dribbles a little, but not very much, Doctor.

D:When you pass water, do you feel you empty your bladder fully?

P:Yes, I don't have any trouble with that unless I have an infection, when I'm running back and forth to the toilet al the time, and I only pass a little amount of urine each time.

D:How about the water, does it smell, or is it discoloured at all?

P:Not, really.

D:Are you up much at night to pass water?

P:Normally once at night if I have a drink before I go to bed, but otherwise not particularly frequently.

D:I'm going to examine your abdomen and do a rectal examination. So please get up on the bed. Now I'm just going to pass a finger into your back passage to feel your prostate gland. … Is that uncomfortable at all? Does it hurt? …Now we'll massage the prostate and if there is any fluid discharged from your penis we'll collect it and send it off to the lab for an investigationto see if there is any infection in it. What I'm going to do is swab the urethra which is the lining of the inside of the penis. This will be a little uncomfortable but will not last very long.