Prostatic congestion is a medical condition of the prostate gland (prostatosis) that happens when the prostate becomes swollen by excess fluid. The condition often results in a sufferer feeling the urge to urinate frequently.

Some physician

Physician

A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...

s recommend reducing congestion in the prostate by ejaculating more frequently or by massaging the prostate

Prostate massage

Prostate massage is the massage or stimulation of the male prostate gland for sexual stimulation or medical purposes.The prostate takes part in the sexual response cycle, and is essential for ejaculation...

 regularly.

Possible causes of prostatic congestion

• Benign prostatic hyperplasia
  Benign prostatic hyperplasia
  Benign prostatic hyperplasia also known as benign prostatic hypertrophy , benign enlargement of the prostate , and adenofibromyomatous hyperplasia, refers to the increase in size of the prostate....
  
  
• Blue balls
  Blue balls
  Blue balls is a slang term for the condition of temporary fluid congestion in the testicles and prostate region, accompanied by acute testicular pain, caused by prolonged and unsatisfied sexual arousal in the human male. The term is thought to have originated in the United States, first appearing...
  
  
• Chronic prostatitis
  Prostatitis
  Prostatitis is an inflammation of the prostate gland, in men. A prostatitis diagnosis is assigned at 8% of all urologist and 1% of all primary care physician visits in the United States.-Classification:...
  
   - infection
  Infection
  An infection is the colonization of a host organism by parasite species. Infecting parasites seek to use the host's resources to reproduce, often resulting in disease...
  
   of the prostate
• Excessive drinking of alcoholic beverages
• Prostate cancer
  Prostate cancer
  Prostate cancer is a form of cancer that develops in the prostate, a gland in the male reproductive system. Most prostate cancers are slow growing; however, there are cases of aggressive prostate cancers. The cancer cells may metastasize from the prostate to other parts of the body, particularly...
  
  
• Urinary tract cysts

External links

• NIH: Enlarged prostate
• Prostatitis, prostatosis and prostalgia. Psychogenic or organic disease?
• NIH: Prostatitis - chronic
• http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/9339/10576.html